Jeff Goldblum Quotes

Sometimes I can't get out of the character because the story is very intense.

In terms of the character itself, I can't really say that I find anything really difficult. I enjoy the character so much I don't perceive difficulty in trying to be him. It's just a matter of how do we get there.

I've had some marvelous parts, but I'm also asked to play characters who are kind of superficial people.

I was worried for a while that it was some sort of reflection of me that all I seemed to be getting were these characters that were a tad bit loony. But I love it. Those are the most fun characters to play!

The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.

I would love to be able to play some characters on television that are similar to some of the indie film roles I've done, that have been so close to my heart.

I've never really played everyday people. I've played realist roles, but not mere daily life. There was always something incredible happening to my characters.

I get to play characters that kind of shock people and I enjoy doing that. I like characters that have meaning and get people in the heart. I want to be able to get people to cry or make people angry or sad.

It's wonderful when you can play a character that pulls all sorts of strings inside of you and fills you emotionally.

I've played a lot of really smarmy people in film, and it can be real fun, don't get me wrong. But it can be characters I'm not as excited to explore.

In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.

When you watch it, you're like, Wow. I look like that. But it doesn't feel like that at all. It was about communicating with Gale Harold and getting across what I wanted to say about the character.

It was a big deal to me to play characters and feel things and connect to somebody in a fake world.

I love the characters I've had the opportunity to play.

“Frank’s” really different from everything I've done. Maybe the one thing that's the same, and the thing that I tend to do, is that I think I can create an intimacy with the characters, like a sense of presence with the people in the film, and that's what I tried to do in “Room” as well.

I wouldn't be able to tackle a character like Rosalee on 'Underground' without having tackled the many characters I've played before.

I always find something in all the characters I play. I fall in love with them a little bit.

I loved playing Emma Pillsbury so much.

I feel very lucky to play these well-rounded characters.

My roles have given me a lot of satisfaction. I became many individuals who were so different from me and whose experiences were so different from mine. I could experience all their emotions, their pains, their worries, their happiness.

My relationship with every film is more or less the same, but the experience is the difference. It comes with the people I am working with, the character I play.

It's really fun to put yourself into a character - into shoes you wouldn't normally be in.

There are elements of myself in every character I do, just because you take from your real life experiences and sprinkle those into your character.

I loved my role in Devaki' and enjoyed enacting the character.

'Dogfight' is my favorite thing I've ever worked on. It's such a special piece, and I'm so close to the character of Rose. I loved doing it every night.