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Like hitting a baseball, comedy is very much about timing. To some degree, you either 'got it or you don't.'Collection: Jay
Whether I'm performing or directing, I'm aways thinking about rhythm; sometimes it's nailing the right rhythm, and sometimes it's intentionally breaking the rhythm. Those two things are what make something funny or not. How long a shot is and where you put the camera are all part of that rhythm of directing.Collection: Jay
Growing up, I was the only Indian kid around for miles, so I ached to belong. I had a neighborhood pack of nine guys and two girls, and we hung out all the time. We played football, baseball, and broom-hockey on the iced-up lake.Collection: Jay
Our fans often tell us that they see themselves in us. The relationship between the guys in Broken Lizard rings a bell with them, because they have their own little friend groups, with their own complex dynamics, and their own private jokes.Collection: Jay
If a joke makes our tribe laugh, we assume it will make other friend-tribes laugh.Collection: Jay
The reality of show business - and I suppose a lot of businesses, but specifically show business - is that it is this business of 'no's.' It's mostly 'no's.'Collection: Jay
A lot of the original people on 'SNL' came through Chicago - and Toronto, I'm sure - but Chicago was the center of it all. When I was there, Chris Farley - I knew him; we hung out and stuff - he went off to 'Saturday Night Live,' it was like, 'It's possible to be from here and make it.'Collection: Jay
I think there's a pedigree that comes with being from Chicago that gives you some cache outside of L.A. and New York, where, frankly, most of show business really is.Collection: Jay
A lot of filmmaking is just sort of slowed down by lawyers who feel they're more important than the filmmakers.Collection: Jay
I'm from Chicago. And I was an actor in high school and college, and I wanted to see if I could make a run of it in this job. So, I went downtown in Chicago, and I went up on a stand-up stage and did an open mic. It went well, so I'm like, 'Alright, I'll give it another try.'Collection: Jay
We hoped to get a TV show, and we almost did, but 'The State' beat us out for this MTV show. So because they were there, and 'SNL' and 'Kids in the Hall' were there, we thought, 'Let's go try to do what Python did, and instead, let's make movies.'Collection: Jay
My father and mother were both doctors, yes.Collection: Jay
We only ever write jokes that amuse us.Collection: Jay
The thing about our movies is, we write thirty drafts. That's a very detailed script. Which means that if you try to crank it out week to week in television, it's impossible.Collection: Jay
All I can do is keep my nose down and shoot the scene, shoot the scene, make it funny, make it funny, make it funny.Collection: Jay
The funny thing about any cop uniform is that people will do what you say when you're wearing a cop uniform.Collection: Jay
Making an independent film is so great because you're your boss. And you have to be disciplined. You know? Because there's nobody telling you anything. But you have to kinda, you know, if you have an instinct to do something, you do it. There's nobody to run it by.Collection: Jay
Making films requires the creative skills you'd expect, but it also demands immense non-creative skills, like the ability to raise all that money and the savviness to work the studio's politics.Collection: Jay
This career is a relentless hustle because Hollywood is crowded with too many smart, talented people pursuing the same dream and the same pool of entertainment investment dollars. And unlike in law or medicine, there are no college degrees required - no barriers to entry.Collection: Jay
If you want to provide for your family, maybe show business is not a high degree of success. You will need to keep your day job until you make it, and know it's an odds thing just like the NFL. I personally wouldn't recommend anybody to go into this business.Collection: Jay
'Spinal Tap' is interesting because it created a genre of film and ended it - all in one motion. If you do a mockumentary, you are always going to be compared with that film, and you are never going to be as funny.Collection: Jay
When I started, there were no Indians on television or films, except for Sir Ben Kingsley. I was an actor in high school, college, and I played leads. And when I graduated, I knew that I couldn't go to Hollywood and audition for shows or films. I could try, but where was the evidence that it was going to happen?Collection: Jay
The reality about shooting films is that you can shoot many jokes and decide later which one works. So it's not worth fighting about jokes.Collection: Jay
It takes a year for us to generate a script that is ready to shoot. There are maybe 20 drafts of a script. And, each time, someone saying 'I don't really love this,' we discuss it for 15 minutes.Collection: Jay
Social media is not going away and we're not all going to leave our phones for good. But we can make sure we don't look at our phones in the morning and the evening, which is better for our lifestyle.Collection: Jay
I absolutely love Dubai. I have such a great community of fans out there, who always show me so much love.Collection: Jay
For me, it's always about using my platform to give people an alternative narrative, because we all need to upgrade our mindsets.Collection: Jay
Many of us actually feel the most loved when we're hugged, when we're embraced, and when we're cared for physically.Collection: Jay
I really want you to recognize that if you're taking care of your physical and mental health, you can take on any challenge.Collection: Jay
The people that you see winning in life are just knocking on more doors. They're just sending more messages. They're just sending more resumes. They're just calling more people. That is what makes you win.Collection: Jay
If I wanted to learn how to race a speed car, I'm not going to go and race with Formula One drivers. I'm going to go to a beginner's class.Collection: Jay
If we don't choose to intentionally and consciously slow down and stop being in a rush, your body and mind will force you to do it anyway.Collection: Jay
You don't want to make big decisions in a rush.Collection: Jay
We often choose knowing over goodness. We'd rather know what's going to happen than expect to be treated with respect and worth.Collection: Jay
If there's something you really love, something that you're excited to learn, something that you're energized when you hear about, speak about, or read about, that's where you want to throw your energy.Collection: Jay
My favorite way to learn is to speak to people who are already doing I want to do.Collection: Jay
When I look at all of that and I look at the type of content I've created, every time I've gone wrong is when I've tried to create a piece of content where I want someone to learn something or know something.Collection: Jay
The quicker we can transfer our online connections to offline ones, the more meaningful social media becomes; rather than just leaving them there and chatting to people. So I really believe in the transfer of online to offline and I think that can make a huge impact.Collection: Jay
We have a tendency to assume or believe saying I love you means we are ready for love, or that hearing it from someone else means they are ready. We just assume that we are on the same page about what it means. We don't know what someone else is thinking, projecting, assuming, expecting when they say that.Collection: Jay