Arts Interview: Smooth operator

Jeff Goldblum's career has brought him both success and fame, but all he really wants to do is to keep making movies Interview: James Mottram.

Jeff Goldblum: Mostly I spend every day doing what I love to do, and do the movies I love to do. I'm having a nutritious, delicious time of it'. Picture: Frazer Harrison/Getty

The way Jeff Goldblum arrives, you'd think his shoes were slathered in grease. There's a sort of slippery ease in the way he moves, like he's hovering just above the ground - the ultimate soft-shoe shuffle. Or maybe it's just the aura he gives off. Something to do with that voice of his, which has a warm treacle texture to it - a mixture of reassurance and surprise as he forms thoughts, then ...