Tom Selleck
Tom Selleck
Thomas William Selleckis an American actor and film producer. He is best known for his starring role as the Hawaii-based private investigator Thomas Magnum in the television series Magnum, P.I.. He also plays Police Chief Jesse Stone in a series of made-for-TV movies based on Robert B. Parker novels. Since 2010, he has also been a primary cast member as NYPD Commissioner Frank Reagan in the drama Blue Bloods on CBS...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth29 January 1945
CityDetroit, MI
CountryUnited States of America
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.
Obviously, it's one passion of mine. I mean, I don't always want to do westerns, but it's nice to always kind of have one in the works.
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.
I think there have been more movies in the Western genre than any other. I grew up watching those movies.
I think character is real important. And you know, and I think the public does.
Good parts should always scare you a little bit, and good parts... you might not get advice to do them.
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.
He's a fish out of water, which is something I always like to play.
He said, 'I still got a lot of fight in me, and this isn't the end of the line,' ... And that's very much Chuck, too. He had a lot of humor Friday and it was great to talk to him.
He's always going to be wrestling with that. When he's with Dr. Dick, he often changes the subject.
He didn't have to buy a house in the middle of nowhere, but he did. That certainly doesn't help with his brooding.
My first priority is time with my family.
I haven't made a political statement in quite a long time because, frankly, they get repeated, changed.
I think a lot of Magnum was me.