Series: The Q&A  Q&A: Dan Aykroyd  'What is my earliest memory?
The slap of the obstetrician's hand on my bottom' Dan Aykroyd
Dan Aykroyd: 'Who would play me in the film of my life? Clark
Gable.' Photograph: Getty Images  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 obstetrici