Jeff Goldblum

Jeff Goldblum: I've been lucky. And thank goodness the (sci-fi films) I've done have been good movies. I feel like some kind of lucky star has, for now, shone on me.

Jeff Goldblum: I mean, forget about Jurassic Park, I remember the real-event movie when I was a kid was King Kong Vs. Godzilla. There was a theatre outside of Pittsburgh where I grew up, a real jewel box inside, three balconies.

Jeff Goldblum: Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

Jeff Goldblum: Well, Well, Well, its certainly a compelling provocative exciting delicious to think about idea, smart people say the universe is so big there must be something statistically it could be likely there could be something happening on some other world.

Jeff Goldblum: (on his relationship with ex-wife Geena Davis) We are good friends and she's a wonderful person and a wonderful actress.

Jeff Goldblum: (referring to "Independence Day" and the "Jurassic Park" films) The success of these three movies has certainly made my life less stressful and I'm having great fun slaying aliens and dinosaurs.

Jeff Goldblum: I love both doggies and kitties. I could just scrunch up their cute little faces!

Jeff Goldblum: When I'm in a happy state of mind, I often am in Los Angeles, recently you know those Fantasy Tour vans that go around, I don't know what they're looking at, there looking at studios and things like that, when I pass them in my car sometimes I roll down the window and point myself out to them, sometimes they don't notice me, and I'll go OK never mind, but sometimes they go "Oh ladies and gentleman to the right we have Jeff Goldblum."

Jeff Goldblum: (on what attracted him to one-time fiancée Laura Dern) Well, you know, I'm very easily stirred. And she's a remarkable woman. So I was struck with that from the beginning. But it wasn't until the film was over that we formed an alliance. I had been discreetly casting glances across the dinosaur. It's mysterious what attracts you to a person.

Jeff Goldblum: (about always playing the brainy guy) I don't think of it that way. I'm just flattered playing smart guys who get to figure out before anybody else what's going on. So that's awfully fun.

Jeff Goldblum: (on watching a screening of one of his films) It was odd because I hadn't seen much of what we had done until I saw it all put together up there. So, I'm watching everybody, but I care mostly about me.

Jeff Goldblum: I grew up watching sci-fi and monster movies like "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" and all those creepy old Vincent Price horror movies. They made a huge impression on me and I think that's what "Independence Day" is going to do for a whole generation of youngsters. It's going to be their favorite nightmare.