Explore Quotes by Tom Selleck

I don't think you should do something just to prove to an audience that you can do it, that's way out of your wheelhouse.

I think character is real important. And you know, and I think the public does.

People tracking your life and photographing you anywhere you go, that can make you crazy.

I think television has always been one to replicate when something's successful. I don't think there's quite as much innovation.

If you buy an expensive thing and you never use it, I don't think there's a point to it.

I hate going to the gym, so sweating outdoors sure beats sitting on a stationary bike staring at my navel.

I think a lot of Magnum was me.

I haven't made a political statement in quite a long time because, frankly, they get repeated, changed.

I think there have been more movies in the Western genre than any other. I grew up watching those movies.

To me, the excitement is in ordering a fine shotgun, going through the process that everybody who has bought one has gone through for 100 years. You order it, you make a significant down payment, and then you wait three or four years for the gun to be custom-made for you.

I quit 'Magnum' to have a family. It took a long time to get off the train, but I try very hard to have balance, and this ranch has helped me do that.

Do you like my suit? I think this is an amazing suit, don't you think?

I think of myself as an actor first, not a sex symbol. Do I think I'm sexy? No, that's someone else's judgment, and I honestly don't think you can try to be sexy and really succeed.

I never try to pander to an audience, and I'm really not concerned with my image. I'm far more interested in stretching my abilities as an actor.

I live a pretty simple life.

Good parts should always scare you a little bit, and good parts... you might not get advice to do them.

I don't feel the obligation to have a big explosion in the first 20 seconds so the audience doesn't turn on another channel. We are trying to make something that looks like a feature film that was bought for television and I think we are succeeding.

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.

I've never reacted well to other people telling me what to do.

Hopefully you marry someone who you not only love, but who you like as well.

You know, there's so much imitation and so much pandering in Hollywood.