Jeff Goldblum’s extensive acting career has found him in some of the most successful films of his time. Jurassic Park, Independence Day, The Fly, and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou are only a few of his film credits, and yet, somehow, he has also managed to cultivate another career, as an accomplished jazz pianist with his band, the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra. This week, Goldblum returns to cinemas around the country to reprise his role as Dr. Ian Malcolm in Jurassic World: Dominion. On the occasion, he shares his key components to the good life, many of which are rather cinematic. —Ashley Baker
Airline: The teleportation pod, as seen in The Fly.
Airport: Mexico City International Airport, my most recent encounter—full of wonder and joy.
Alibi: The unvarnished truth.
App: The one around which I’ve most recently transformed my addiction.
Bedtime: Whenever my body tells me that it needs sleep—and I’ve got my favorite firm pillow.
Bike: The one I rode in Robert Altman’s Nashville.
Birthday: One with a bounce house.
Boyfriend/girlfriend: The one referred to in the song “My Boyfriend’s Back.”
Breakfast, weekday: Kurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions.
Breakfast, weekend: Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
Car: My Mother the Car, starring Jerry Van Dyke—if she was electric.
Child: Thad Jones’s “A Child Is Born,” played by Bill Evans or sung by Tony Bennett.
Cocktail: A Virgin Mary, spicy with plenty of horseradish.
