Tony Cenicola/The New York Times Dan Aykroyd at the American Society for Psychical Research.Wisdom, insights and random observations from this weekend’s Arts & Leisure section. (Click on links for complete stories.)
“My mother claims that when she was nursing me, a man and woman appeared at the foot of the bed, so she called to my dad, and they opened up the family album, and it was Sam and my great-grandmother Ellen Jane coming to welcome the new baby. Of course, my mother comes from the skeptical French-Canadian side of the family.”
–Dan Aykroyd says his lifelong fascination with the supernatural extends well beyond “Ghostbusters”
“It was sort of endlessly fascinating and deeply saddening when I was struggling myself. I don’t want to have a holier-than-thou approach to Jackie. I know what it’s like to be lost in addiction.”
–A Soprano no more, Edie Falco, explains her connection to the title character on her new Showtime series, “Nurse Jackie”
“The one-liners on my movies sound really retarded. The movies, ideally, are better than they sound.”
–Todd Phillips, the director of “Old School,” “Road Trip” and “The Hangover,” assesses his own oeuvre
“He said, ‘Always put your name above everything that you create, because someday it’ll be worth something.”
–Sid Krofft, who with his brother Marty created the Saturday morning shows “Land of the Lost” and “H. R. Pufnstuf,” recalls a fateful lesson taught to him by Walt Disney
“He didn’t tell us how to save our money.”
–Marty Krofft recalls another lesson not taught to him by Walt Disney
