Thomas William Selleck, best known for his role of Thomas Magnum in the television series ‘Magnum, P.I’, has since then appeared in more than fifty films and television series. A hugely popular actor, he does not want to be known as a sex symbol and gives top most priority to his family. He also believes that unless one treats failures as part of the journey he or she will never get anywhere. In his interviews, he has always talked freely about his journey to the stardom, his family background, his likes and dislikes, his ideologies and beliefs and most importantly, his works. Let us have a look at some top quotes by Tom Selleck on love, life, people, government, relationship, work, upbringing etc
I think television has always been one to replicate when something's successful.
Tom Selleck
Television's grown up a lot. It's a little more adult, which I think is a good thing. It allows actors to tell more complex stories. I'm happy to see where it ends up.
Tom Selleck
Why westerns get segregated into a genre in Hollywood, I don't know... It's just good entertainment.
Tom Selleck
You don't do characters that are the same as you, otherwise why bother to act?
Im a registered independent with a lot of libertarian leanings.
Tom Selleck
I praise CBS for taking a risk, which is always the price you pay for opportunity. This is not standard movie of the week storytelling. I think movies of the week have fallen into a niche and that isn't my niche
Tom Selleck
I haven't gotten fired from many jobs, but you finish a job and nine times out of ten you're just unemployed and you don't know where the next one is. And that does get old. It's stressful.
Tom Selleck
The Westerns I like aren't really comedies. I'm drawn to the scope of them and the land as a central character.
Popularity is the pocket change of history. The true measure is courage. There will never be another Charlton Heston.
Tom Selleck
All I see is people out there who are hungry for more.
Tom Selleck
If a guy as good and decent with as much grace as Chuck Heston can stand up for an issue that I think is very important ... then I certainly could stand up and I plan on remaining a life member for life.
Tom Selleck
On a day when you're not feeling so good, you put on a happy face, it's infectious - these things sound kind of corny and stupid, but this is our life.
Tom Selleck
At my age, turning gray is kind of a blessing, where it softens all of the other horrible things it does to you, but it is what it is.
Tom Selleck
But, you know there's a lot of westerns - not that they were bad - it's just that they can be remade because they're great stories that aren't indelible in an audience's mind when it comes to both the cast and the story
Tom Selleck
I've never reacted well to other people telling me what to do
Tom Selleck
Risk is the price you pay for opportunity.
Tom Selleck
We judge ourselves by our good intentions, but we're judged by our last word.
Tom Selleck
My mustache gets so many questions he has his own agen now.
Tom Selleck
It's not that conservatives don't care. We do. We just have different answers than liberals do. It's a difference of the mind, not of the heart.
Unless you treat failure as part of the journey, you're never going to get anywhere.
Tom Selleck
I've learned by hanging out in Hollywood, where I disagree politically with most people, that most people's hearts are in the right place, and the only thing we have to argue about is the way to solve the problems
Television's grown up a lot. It's a little more adult, which I think is a good thing. It allows actors to tell more complex stories. I'm happy to see where it ends up.
It is scary for an actor when you get hired as a lead. No matter what the plot is, it is your job to do something interesting enough to make them want to get inside the lead character's head.
I realized I really liked the screen. I knew it was a challenge, but I wasn't afraid of risk.
Tom Selleck
I praise CBS for taking a risk, which is always the price you pay for opportunity. This is not standard movie of the week storytelling. I think movies of the week have fallen into a niche and that isn't my niche.
I had a strong, really good upbringing, not puritanical.
Tom Selleck
I guess after Dances With Wolves they probably tried some derivative westerns, and if they didn't work, they said the western is dead and moved on to something else.
Tom Selleck
I feel the other element of a western is the land, which is very important in this movie. I mean the land is another character in the piece, actually.
There was a time I could have been mistaken for Burt Reynolds. I had a moustache and so did he. But he was the number one star in the world, so there wasn't really much confusion.
But, you know there's a lot of westerns - not that they were bad - it's just that they can be remade because they're great stories that aren't indelible in an audience's mind when it comes to both the cast and the story.
I've learned by hanging out in Hollywood, where I disagree politically with most people, that most people's hearts are in the right place, and the only thing we have to argue about is the way to solve the problems.
Tom Selleck
Shooting clay targets is a very cleansing experience. It's very relaxing. It takes a lot of concentration. It's also very social, since you're usually shooting with friends. You can talk and forget about almost anything else that's on your mind.
The two things that will defeat a lot of young actors are fear of failure and lack of preparation. With acting, I didn't have a problem with either one - but somehow I didn't equate either one of them to the academic world.
Tom Selleck
Having had that experience... I think, what modern culture wants to see is the relationship with the woman. I don't think you can tell a story on film nowadays where the woman simply is there for the man when he decides to settle down
