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
We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.
My whole thing is to entertain, make people laugh and to forget about the real world for awhile.
Heaven to me is percussion and bass, a screaming guitar and a burbling Hammond B-3 organ. It's a soup I love being immersed in.
I do want to say a special hello to my neighbor Mr. Erskine. But you have to be a Flames fan in Calgary.
It's possible, if the economics are right, ... When you build a great franchise it can be a lot of fun.
This is just the beginning, ... Obviously we're going to have the House of Blues Foundation involved in subsidizing the employees' down there livelihood.
The city of Chicago was a character in the movie, as depicted by Landis and I think all of us, in the affection we had for it. It really is one of the characters of the movie. It really comes alive as a beautiful place.
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.
Hygiene is important. That's one of my failings. So I'm always being called on that.
I could live on challah bread, the Jewish kosher bread, quite happily.
'Groundhog Day' was one of the greatest comedies ever made.
Have I personally ever seen a ghost? Not one.
I am a spiritualist, a proud wearer of the spiritualist badge.