Interview: the world according to jeff goldblum

Jeff Goldblum's 12-episode show _The World According to Jeff Goldblum_ is a new documentary series about the subjects that capture his childlike curiosity: ice cream, swimming pools,

tattoos, sneakers. “We focused on things that triggered a personal, little dreamy thought,” says Goldblum. He gives AARP his thoughts on aging, childhood and his career. HIS SHOW'S MOST

SURPRISING DISCOVERY We went to this enormous pool at the Houston NASA lab, so big there's a replica of the International Space Station at the bottom. Two women were suiting up to

spend six hours underwater and simulate weightlessness. I went in the water with them, and it was just unbelievably inspiring and touching. DIGGING FOR GOLDBLUM AGE: 67 HOMETOWN: Pittsburgh

FIRST ROLE: Freak #1 in _Death Wish_ (1974) GREATEST HITS: _The Fly, Independence Day, Jurassic Park_ LATEST MUSIC: His second album, _I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This_, jazz duets with Miley

Cyrus, Fiona Apple and others, and a concert with the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra at New York’s Sony Hall Nov. 12 TASTIEST FOOD EPISODES For the ice cream episode, I went to an ice cream

social on an aircraft carrier. We did an episode on barbecue, and there's a place that farms crickets as an alternative protein. We barbecued some, and that was surprising. LATE BLOOMER

My acting teacher Sandy Meisner said it takes 20 years to call yourself an actor, and a lifetime of being a student. I think I'm on the brink of my best work acting-wise and

music-wise. I play [piano] every day. The more I learn, the more I see of what I need to learn. Even simple things. Sometimes I go, “You know, I think I'm brushing my teeth better than

I ever have." CURIOUS LITTLE GOLDBLUMS I was thrilled to go to school as a kid. I was a good student, curious about nature and many things. I guess it's just in us — I have a

couple of kids now, 4-year-old and 2-year-old boys. Amongst all the other things they bring, they're wildly inquisitive. PEOPLE WITH JEFF GOLDBLUM TATTOOS People come up to me at my

jazz gigs and show me tattoos they have of me. It's hilarious and very sweet. I get a kick out of it. I feel lucky and grateful to have had a career I love and some movies that are

popular, and people like some of the characters in them. ON AGING It's just a number. I live a clean life. I like to go to bed early and be wholesome and eat well. I've never

smoked. I don't drink much. Luckily, everything's still working. I live a clean life. I like to go to bed early and be wholesome and eat well. I've never smoked. I don't

drink much. Luckily, everything's still working. — Jeff Goldblum RETIREMENT PLANS I don't really think about it. For as long as I can see ahead of me, I'm going to contribute

whatever I can and do something very challenging. I don't know how I'll feel in a while, but right now I have more of an appetite than ever to do more and more. HIS SHOW'S

LESSON That you have to keep learning. The reason time seems to go so slowly when you're young is because of a strange makeup of our brains whereby if we're learning a lot every

day, it slows time down. Whereas if you're going through the motions or you're learning less, time speeds up on you. So be present, be spontaneous. Enjoy the moment, enjoy yourself

and learn. HOW TO WATCH IT: _The World According to Jeff Goldblum _will stream on Disney+, available starting Nov. 12 on disneyplus.com, iOS, Apple TV (tvOS), Google Chromecast, Android,

Android TV, PlayStation 4, Roku and Xbox One. A free year of Disney+ is available to new and existing Verizon Unlimited and new Fios Home Internet customers.