Tom Selleck

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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
Collection: Blessing
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All I see is people out there who are hungry for more.
- Tom Selleck
Collection: People
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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
Collection: Mind
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Im a registered independent with a lot of libertarian leanings.
- Tom Selleck
Collection: Independent
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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
Collection: Thinking
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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
Collection: Two
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I had a strong, really good upbringing, not puritanical
- Tom Selleck
Collection: Strong
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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
Collection: Hypnosis
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I realized I really liked the screen. I knew it was a challenge, but I wasn't afraid of risk
- Tom Selleck
Collection: Challenges
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You don't do characters that are the same as you, otherwise why bother to act?
- Tom Selleck
Collection: Character
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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
- Tom Selleck
Collection: Relationship
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And besides, because of all she has accomplished, Barbara Jordan has always been a hero of mine
- Tom Selleck
Collection: Hero
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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
- Tom Selleck
Collection: Mean Girls
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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
Collection: Opportunity
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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
Collection: Jobs
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Why westerns get segregated into a genre in Hollywood, I don't know... It's just good entertainment.
- Tom Selleck
Collection: Hollywood
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I think television has always been one to replicate when something's successful.
- Tom Selleck
Collection: Successful