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Dan Aykroyd
Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd, born on July 1, 1952, is a renowned comedian. Known for his unique sense of humor and versatile performance style, he is best known for his role as Eddie Kaye in the horror film 'Child's Play'. Aykroyd's contributions to film and television have made him a iconic figure in the comedy world. more

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“People will like you who never met you, they think you're absolutely wonderful; and then people also will hate you, for reasons that have nothing to do with any real experience with you. People don't want to lose their enemies. We have favorite enemies, people we love to hate and we hate to love. If they do something good, we don't like it. I found myself doing that with Ronald Reagan. He is anathema to me. If he does something that's reasonable, I find my mind trying to find some way to interpret it so that it's not reasonable, so that somewhere it's jingoist extremism.”