Zitate und Sprüche von Dan Aykroyd

Am I a trance medium? No. Have I got a gift psychically? Absolutely not. But I believe in the survival of consciousness after death.

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.

Hygiene is important. That's one of my failings. So I'm always being called on that.

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

You do not need a therapist if you own a motorcycle, any kind of motorcycle!

I'm a comedic actor, not to mix words, but it's something I think about. A comedic actor. I like to think that Christopher Guest, Phil Hartman, Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness are comedic actors. And Dan Aykroyd, too. Those are my heroes.

The Death Chill. The power to kill by fear itself. Your veins turn to rivers of ice. Your bones crack and the last thing you see is your own tear ducts freezing up.

Call it fate, call it luck, call it karma. I believe that everything happens for a reason.

Honestly, my mom won’t say it, but we’re completely broke. And the only thing that’s left in our name is this creepy old farmhouse my grandfather left us in the middle of nowhere.

Ray, when some asks you if you're a god, you say 'yes'!

We came, we saw, we kicked its ass!

Personally, I liked the university. They gave us money and facilities, we didn't have to produce anything. You've never been out of college. You don't know what it's like out there. I've worked in the private sector. They expect results!

Peter Venkman: "Have you or any of your family ever been diagnosed Schizophrenic? Mentally incompetent?"
Librarian: "My uncle thought he was St. Jerome."
Peter Venkman: "I'd call that a big yes."

Dr. Peter Venkman: "This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions."
Mayor: "What do you mean, 'biblical'?"
Dr. Raymond Stantz: "What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath of God type stuff."
Dr. Peter Venkman: "Exactly."
Dr. Raymond Stantz: "Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!"
Dr. Egon Spengler: "Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes..."
Winston Zeddemore: "...the dead rising from the grave!"
Dr. Peter Venkman: "Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!"
Mayor: "All right, all right. I get the point."

I guess happiness is not a state you want to be in all the time.

I give so much pleasure to so many people. Why can I not get some pleasure for myself?

I owe it all to little chocolate donuts.

Work is no longer challenging.

It's all false pressure; you put the heat on yourself, you get it from the networks and record companies and movie studios. You put more pressure on yourself to make everything that much harder.

Elwood: "It's a hundred and six miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses."
Jake: "Hit it!"

Use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of the Blues Brothers has been approved.

Elwood: "What kind of music do you usually have here?"
Claire: "Oh, we got both kinds. We got country and western."

Remember, people, that no matter who you are and what you do to live, thrive and survive, there're still some things that makes us all the same. You. Me. Them. Everybody.

Jake: "Got any fried chicken?"
Mrs. Murphy: "Best damn chicken in the state."
Jake: "Bring me four fried chickens and a Coke."
Mrs. Murphy: "You want chicken wings or chicken legs?"
Jake: "Four fried chickens and a Coke!"

We're on a mission from God.

I hate Illinois Nazis.

We're putting the band back together.

Anyone who tells you fatherhood is the greatest thing that can happen to you, they are understating it.

Canada is a country of ingredients without a cuisine; we're a country with musicians without an indigenous instrument; Toronto's a city that doesn't even have a dish named after it.

I like smart jokes, I like dumb jokes, and I like dumb jokes done smartly.

I don't know what else I could do but pretend to be an actor.

Riding a race bike is an art - a thing that you do because you feel something inside.