Dan Aykroyd Quotes
Born: July 1, 1952
Dan Aykroyd, a visionary comedian and actor, channels a relentless drive that transcends entertainment. His legacy is built on bold, unfiltered action—from co-creating the iconic Blues Brothers to pioneering supernatural comedy. Aykroyd’s philosophy champions fearless creativity and the power of relentless pursuit, urging people to embrace their quirks and turn wild ideas into reality. His quotes resonate because they blend infectious humor with raw motivation, reminding us that the most extraordinary achievements come from daring to act without hesitation. In every word, he inspires a life of passionate, unstoppable momentum.
Dan Aykroyd Quotes (47)
"You do not need a therapist if you own a motorcycle, any kind of motorcycle!"
— Dan Aykroyd"Greetings and death to our enemies."
— Dan Aykroyd"I live in Canada in the summer and some time in the fall."
— Dan Aykroyd"People love gentle larceny."
— Dan Aykroyd"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."
— Dan Aykroyd"I had a slight touch of Tourette's, which means you talk to yourself and bark and cry out at night. I find myself talking to myself sometimes."
— Dan Aykroyd"There's that old theory that humankind and this planet were seen as the centre of the universe. That was thrown away - how could we be so presumptuous? Well, I subscribe to that."
— Dan Aykroyd"I think I'm a narcoleptic. I could sleep on a railway track with a train running over me, in-between the rails."
— Dan Aykroyd"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."
— Dan Aykroyd"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."
— Dan Aykroyd"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."
— Dan Aykroyd"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."
— Dan Aykroyd"My whole thing is to entertain, make people laugh and to forget about the real world for awhile."
— Dan Aykroyd"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."
— Dan Aykroyd"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."
— Dan Aykroyd"I'd make a bad preacher."
— Dan Aykroyd"I am a spiritualist, a proud wearer of the spiritualist badge."
— Dan Aykroyd"I could live on challah bread, the Jewish kosher bread, quite happily."
— Dan Aykroyd"I grew up on the edge of a national park in Canada - timberwolves, creeks, snow drifts. I really did have to walk home six miles through the snow, like your grandparents used to complain."
— Dan Aykroyd"Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s."
— Dan Aykroyd"And, I believe that if a man dies with a single penny still sitting in the bank, he's a fool."
— Dan Aykroyd"Politics has got too personal, too nasty, in Britain, as it has in America."
— Dan Aykroyd"You look at the floor and see the floor. I look at the floor and see molecules."
— Dan Aykroyd"'Groundhog Day' was one of the greatest comedies ever made."
— Dan Aykroyd"I bought an island in 1987. It's in one of the lakes in Canada. I went around it in my boat and went to the real estate office and bought it. It's the best $65,000 I've ever spent. My family camp on it and we have great times there."
— Dan Aykroyd"I get offers all the time from film makers, but they are unknown quantities. I don't go there and do experiments."
— Dan Aykroyd"Hygiene is important. That's one of my failings. So I'm always being called on that."
— Dan Aykroyd"I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap."
— Dan Aykroyd"I live in a high rise with my family part of the year in New York and I don't know three quarters of the people in the building. We live in the same square-footage and I wouldn't know who they were."
— Dan Aykroyd"I love to come in and play with a wig or glasses or clothes. I love using props. I'm from the Peter Sellers school of trying to prepare for the character."
— Dan Aykroyd