Dan Aykroyd
Dan Aykroyd
Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd,is a Canadian actor, comedian, producer, screenwriter and musician. He was an original member of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" on Saturday Night Live, as Elwood Blues of The Blues Brothers, and as Ray Stantz in Ghostbustersand Ghostbusters II. In 1990, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in the 1989 film Driving Miss Daisy...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth1 July 1952
CityOttawa, Canada
CountryCanada
When I'm not acting, I'm writing, building an inventory of scripts. Even if they sit on the shelf, I just keep stacking them up.
The Right-wingers everywhere take themselves too seriously, whether in the U.S. or the U.K. And, by the way, so does the Left. The Left can take itself a little too seriously as well.
Bill would try anything - and get away with anything. He always looked as if he didn't particularly care, but he cared very much about what he did and how he did it.
I could live on challah bread, the Jewish kosher bread, quite happily.
Have I personally ever seen a ghost? Not one.
Hygiene is important. That's one of my failings. So I'm always being called on that.
I think I'm a narcoleptic. I could sleep on a railway track with a train running over me, in-between the rails.
It's possible, if the economics are right, ... When you build a great franchise it can be a lot of fun.
It's cool to come to a town that is an American institution, that's always been a fun place, ... It's just a perfect fit for us to come here.
I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see a new generation being the media focus. I'm happy my day is done. It's over.
James Brown opened at least six of our House of Blues clubs. He always delivered, but he demanded the respect of an emperor. But, come on, he's James Brown ! ... I got to play on stage with him. Did he ever fine me ? (Brown was known to fine players for flubbing notes or steps) - I would have loved to have been fined by James Brown !
I get really grinchy right up until Christmas morning.
I grew up on the edge of a national park in Canada - timberwolves, creeks, snow drifts.
When I was sixteen I was pretending to be Charlie Musselwhite. I had a long raincoat on, my hair slicked back, and the shades.