John Belushi made me want to be an actor.

My favorite moment of the whole thing was when John Belushi suggested that I get a hold of all the blues records I could…

— Steve Cropper

When you are in America, at least for me, as an immigrant, I try to be as Americanized as I could. I just want…

— Jimmy O. Yang

I hate acting when I see it. I don't want to feel it, I don't want to see it, I want to be taken…

— Rutger Hauer

To grow: that is your deepest and truest need when you say, 'I want to be an actor.'

— Stella Adler

The delineation between the actor and his part is a practical matter. When the camera runs, you want the actor to be the character.

— Mike Leigh

John Belushi infused Animal House with this spirit of guerilla filmmaking. John Landis came from that world too, and all the National Lampoon writers…

— Tim Matheson

We lost Chris Farley, John Belushi, James Gandolfini, and we need heavier-set people to represent the real world.

— Paul Walter Hauser

I've watched a lot of my friends die, everyone from John Belushi, River Phoenix to Chris Farley. It just keeps going on and on.

— Willie Aames

First, I wanted to be Chris Farley. When I was growing up, Chris Farley was still on the stages and fun to us. In…

— Anonymous

The alumni of Second City from John Belushi to Martin Short have changed my entire life and brought a new kind of comedy to…

— Bernie Brillstein

[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.

— Keith Richards

I remember my mom telling me that when John Belushi died, my dad cried. I remember thinking that was strange as a child, but…

— Kevin Morby

“Hunter and John [Belushi] both shared a sense of possibility, and they seemed to have no limits. There was no Governor of the night.…

— Corey Seymour

I had seen my buddies crash and burn. Keith Moon died, and I always thought that was the way he wanted to go. John…

— Joe Walsh

I would love to be the John Belushi of drag. He was fearless.

— Willam Belli