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Dan Aykroyd Biography

Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM OOnt (born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, musician and filmmaker. He was an original member of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" on Saturday Night Live (1975–79). A musical sketch he performed with John Belushi on SNL, The Blues Brothers, turned into an actual performing band and then the 1980 film The Blues Brothers.

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I grew up on the edge of a national park in Canada - timberwolves, creeks, snow drifts.

Canada, Creeks, Edge, National Parks, Snow

You know, even when the material wasn't so good, I've gotten to work with the greats, and I've always given it my best shot. I'm satisfied with my work. I could stop tomorrow, and if Bright Young Things was my last role, I could say I tidied it up with dignity.

Dignity, Given, Lasts, Material, Roles, Shot

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.

Guitar, Heaven, Immersed, Love, Soup

I accept sceptics, you've got to have challenges.

Challenges, Accepting, Sceptic, Sceptics, Accept

One minute you're up half a million in soybeans and the next, boom, your kids don't go to college and they've repossessed your Bentley.

Bentley, College, Kids, Million, Money

We have the most beautiful planet - the Rockies, the purple fields of the United States, the Lake District, the Pyrenees, the turquoise seas of the tropics.

Beautiful, Lakes, Purple, Sea, Turquoise

My whole thing is to entertain, make people laugh and to forget about the real world for awhile.

Fun, Laughter, Make, Real, Thing, World

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.

Done, Focus, Media, People, See

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.

Come, False, Human, Race, Realizing, Wise Words

I had the most absurd nightmare. I was poor and no one liked me.

Absurd, Liked, Money, Nightmare, Poor

I drive a V10 Ford Excursion and I have to tell folks all the time: look I've got five kids and a dog and birds. I would have to have two Lincolns with two V8s, you see, so it would be 16 cylinders.

Dog, Folks, Kids, See, Time, Two

Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50 a barrel so we have to have these wars. I think it's incumbent upon us to.

America, Consumer, Enemy, Fun, Thinking, War

Wine represents to me sharing and good times and a celebration of life. It is always around happy occasions with family and friends and centered around joy. What better item to be involved in then something that represents all these wonderful things.

Centered, Family And Friends, Item, Joy, Sharing, Wine

My first jobs were all civil service. At 14, I worked for the Canadian National Railways. At 16, I worked for the Canadian Penitentiary Service.

Firsts, Jobs, National, Railway, Worked

I am a Spiritualist, a proud wearer of the Spiritualist badge. Mediums and psychic research have gone on for many, many years.

Years, Psychics, Gone, Psychic, Badge

You look at the floor and see the floor. I look at the floor and see molecules.

Floor, Look, Looks, Molecules, See

I get offers all the time from film makers, but they are unknown quantities. I don't go there and do experiments.

Experiments, Film, Makers, Offers

I not only believe, I believe that there are many different species of ships, there are many different species of extraterrestrials, and not all of them are up to good.

Believe, Different, Extraterrestrials, Ships, Species

And, I believe that if a man dies with a single penny still sitting in the bank, he's a fool.

Bank, Believe, Man, Men, Penny, Sitting

I don't like people lying to me. I don't like people who don't return my calls. I don't like people who won't give me a straight answer. I don't like those kinds of people, and I've been vocal about it.

Giving, Lying, People, Return

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