Submitted by curlie731 on March 26, 2010 - 12:23 pm
Interview: Jeff Goldblum from 'Law and Order: Criminal Intent'
If they had an iPod, a thing like an iPod when you were a teenager growing up, what kind of music would you have had on it? You have a very interesting musical background. I'm just curious what influenced you as a kid.
Jeff Goldblum: Well, I remember the school, the earliest stuff I can remember is when - I mean, the Beatles were introduced when I was a kid. So I was very thrilled about the Beatles, including the first couple of - I Want to Hold Your Hand and Love you, yeah, yeah, yeah. All that. When those came out on 45s, the world had changed in some way and I was very thrilled about it. And then a little later, when the White Album and Sergeant Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour came out, it meant a lot to me. It was a big deal.
Early on, too, Motown stuff was big in those days. Stop in the Name of Love. And all the Motown stuff around then was big with me. Then, my parents, we had a hi-fi and they had - they were jazz lovers and they had a couple of - they had some Erroll Garner records, a jazz pianist who's active, who's also from Pittsburgh as I am. That made an impression on me. And I remember hearing Thelonious Monk. And then, my older brother was a big jazz fan and got the Modern Jazz Quartet and was into that. And some Brazilian music. I remember Stan Getz, this album he had from Stan Getz from the Astrud Gilberto records. That made a big impression on me. All of those.
The jump-off premiere actually was pretty unique because it felt like a setup for a spin-off series. A spin-off of actually the series itself. Does the atmosphere on the set feel like a new show or does it just feel like a continuation of the show that you'd previously guest starred on?
Jeff Goldblum: Well, let's see. I mean, I know I did eight of them last year and you're right, it was different. It was all different cast members that year. But the stories and the quality of the writing and the high quality of the production and the crew is still the same. So it feels familiar but - and I miss the cast members who are gone. I adored them.
But it does feel like a new show in a lot of ways. And I'm crazy about Saffron Burrows and the character. They wrote it for her and the way she's doing it. And Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is spectacular and I love her and her character, too. So yes, it feels kind of new to me.
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