[holding cigar] It's funny, I always thought these things were gonna kill me.
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Jeff Goldblum
Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum (; born October 22, 1952) is an American actor who has received nominations for an Oscar, an Emmy, a Genie and a Drama Desk Award throughout his career. He is known for starring in the highest-grossing films of his era, Jurassic Park (1993) and Independence Day (1996), as well as their respective sequels, The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018). Goldblum starred in films including Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), The Big Chill (1983) and Into the Night (1985) before coming to the attention of wider audiences in David Cronenberg's The Fly (1986) which earned him a Saturn Award for Best Actor. His other films include The Tall Guy (1989), Deep Cover (1992), Powder (1995), The Prince of Egypt (1998), Cats & Dogs (2001), Igby Goes Down (2002), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), Adam Resurrected (2008), Le Week-End (2013), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and Thor: Ragnarok (2017). He also starred in several TV series including the eighth and ninth seasons of Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Zack Nichols. 2Early life Goldblum was born and raised in West Homestead, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. His mother, Shirley (née Temeles), was a radio broadcaster who later ran a kitchen equipment and appliances sales firm, and his father, Harold L. Goldblum, was a medical doctor. He has a sister, Pamela, and an older brother, Lee. Another older brother, Rick, died of kidney failure at age 23. His family is Jewish, and had emigrated from Russia and Austria to the U.S. During his childhood, Goldblum belonged to an Orthodox synagogue and had a bar mitzva
David Levinson: They're bringing us in. Captain Steven Hiller: When the hell was you gonna tell me? David Levinson: Oops. Captain Steven Hiller: We're gonna have to work on our communication.
Captain Steven Hiller: I ain't heard no fat lady! David Levinson: Forget the fat lady. You're obsessed with fat lady. Just get us out of here!
Julius Levinson: You punched the President? David Levinson: He wasn't the President yet!
David Levinson: You really think you can fly that thing? Captain Steven Hiller: You really think you can do all that bullshit you just said?
[while being chased by the T-Rex] Must go faster.
[seeing the dinosaurs for the first time] You did it. You crazy son of a bitch, you did it.
Dr. Alan Grant: You got any kids? Dr. Ian Malcolm: Me? Oh, hell yeah, three. I love kids. Anything at all can and does happen. Same with wives, for that matter. Dr. Alan Grant: You're married? Dr. Ian Malcolm: Occasionally. Yeah, I'm always on the lookout for a future ex-Mrs. Malcolm.
Boy, do I hate being right all the time!
Dr. Alan Grant: [watching Gennaro jump out of the tour car and sprint to the Port-A-Potty at the sight of the T-Rex] Well, where does he think he's going? Dr. Ian Malcolm: When you gotta go, you gotta go.
God help us, we're in the hands of engineers.
[as they pass through the gigantic park gates] What have they got in there, King Kong?
[looking at a huge mound of dinosaur feces] That is one big pile of shit.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs. Dr. Ellie Sattler: Dinosaurs eat man. Woman inherits the earth.
Dr. Ellie Sattler: So, what are you thinking? Dr. Alan Grant: We're out of a job. Dr. Ian Malcolm: Don't you mean extinct?
Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.