From Stephanie (on a previous post): “2. There is so much information available it has given most people the attention span of, of,…something with a short attention span. Therefore, something long and monotonous, like that book or a five full-page article in the NYTimes just takes too long to read and there is so much other info to digest. I like economy of words. Although I don’t much employ it myself. Have you ever seen a People Magazine article longer than three short pages, i.e., six or seven columns?”
From Jeff Goldblum, a reporter for People Magazine, in The Big Chill: (Paraphrasing because I can’t find the real quote.) “I don’t write anything longer than what the average person can read during the average dump.” Stephanie, you are really something!
I’ve always found Jeff Goldblum sexy in the same way Anthony Bourdain is sexy - that bad boy, funny, irreverent, smart-alec kind of sexy. Besides, Jeff Goldblum gets the best lines in every movie he’s been in. Here are a few quotes. See if you can name the movie:
“Eventually, you do plan to have dinosaurs on your dinosaur tour, right?”
“Forget the fat lady! You’re obsessed with the fat lady! Drive us out of here!”
“Oooh, ahhh, that’s how all of this starts, but then later there’s the running and the screaming.”
“I believe in the old saying that everybody does everything in order to get laid.”
“Must. Go. Faster.”
“Thank you. Thank you very much.”
“Yeah, well, you think everything sounds boring. I mean, you know, you wouldn’t say that if it was the lost hope diet.”
“Don’t knock rationalization. Where would we be without it? I don’t know anyone who’d get through the day without two or three juicy rationalizations. They’re more important than sex. Have you ever gone a week without a rationalization?”
“Yeah, John, but when the Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don’t eat the tourists.”
“Amazing tradition. They throw a great party for you on the one day they know you can’t come.”
