'What is my earliest memory? The slap of the obstetrician's hand on my bottom'
Dan Aykroyd, 60, was born in Ottawa, Canada. He studied psychology, political science and criminal sociology at university, but dropped out to act. Between 1975 and 1979 he worked on the TV show Saturday Night Live, where he and John Belushi invented the comic characters the Blues Brothers. In 1980 they starred in The Blues Brothers film. He went on to make Trading Places, then wrote and starred in the 1984 hit Ghostbusters. Having vowed never to make a film with anyone less famous than him, he has kept busy in recent years with the promotion of his vodka, Crystal Head. He appears with Michael Douglas and Matt Damon in the film Beyond The Candelabra.
What is your greatest fear?
23½-hour lockdown in the Us federal penitentiary system.
What is your earliest memory?
The slap of the obstetrician's hand on my bottom.
Dan Aykroyd, 60, was born in Ottawa, Canada. He studied psychology, political science and criminal sociology at university, but dropped out to act. Between 1975 and 1979 he worked on the TV show Saturday Night Live, where he and John Belushi invented the comic characters the Blues Brothers. In 1980 they starred in The Blues Brothers film. He went on to make Trading Places, then wrote and starred in the 1984 hit Ghostbusters. Having vowed never to make a film with anyone less famous than him, he has kept busy in recent years with the promotion of his vodka, Crystal Head. He appears with Michael Douglas and Matt Damon in the film Beyond The Candelabra.
What is your greatest fear?
23½-hour lockdown in the Us federal penitentiary system.
What is your earliest memory?
The slap of the obstetrician's hand on my bottom.
- 6/8/2013
- by Rosanna Greenstreet
- The Guardian - Film News
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