Jeff Goldblum<\/a> has only ever had one regular job – working in telesales in a “boiler room operation”.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Jeff Goldblum has revealed the only regular job he has ever had<\/p>\n
The 72-year-old Hollywood legend – who was most recently seen playing the Wizard of Oz in ‘Wicked’ – found himself as a struggling out-of-work actor when he first moved to Los Angeles and needed money to pay his rent.<\/p>\n
Goldblum answered a job advert which was specifically asking for out-of-work actors and started selling office supplies under dubious pretences.<\/p>\n
Appearing on the ‘Smartless’ – hosted by Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes – he said: “When I came to California, there was a moment when I was paying rent, my money was getting low and I thought, \u2018Geez.\u2019 I looked in the trade papers and they said, \u2018Are you an out-of-work actor? Do you want to make a little money? Come and do this thing.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cI joined this boiler room operation, which I guess is illegal. At 6:00 in the morning, you go to Hollywood and call correction institutions on the East Coast. You\u2019d say, \u2018Hi, a government program just went bust and we have a surplus of magic markers, pens and pencils. Do you use green, red or blue? Can I send to you?’<\/p>\n
\n“And you\u2019d get them to commit to that. It was my least favourite thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nGoldblum admits hammering the phones for just one week affected his health and he ended up in hospital.<\/p>\n
\nThat experience proved to Jeff that he wasn’t cut out for a “straight job” and after making his film debut in 1974 Charles Bronson film ‘Death Wish’ his acting career went from strength-to-strength.<\/p>\n
\nHe added: “It was my only \u2018straight\u2019 job ever. <\/p>\n
\n“Maybe not coincidentally, after a week of that, I got this illness [and] wound up in the hospital. I\u2019m just too sensitive for that kind of regular work. After that, I went back to supporting myself, luckily and ever since, with acting.\u201d <\/p>\n
\nGoldblum has starred in some of most acclaimed and popular movies of all-time, including ‘The Fly’, ‘Jurassic Park’, ‘Independence Day’ and ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’.<\/p>\n
\nAs well as the ‘Jurassic Park’ franchise, Jeff is also a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, playing Grandmaster in the MCU films such as 2017’s ‘Thor: Ragnarok’.<\/p>\n
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