Tom Selleck Biography

On his career:

“I was planning to go into Architecture. But when I arrived [to sign up for courses] Architecture was filled up. Acting was right next to it. So I signed up for acting instead.” - televised interview broadcast the day before ‘Laguna Heat’ was shown on N.Y. cable.

“Why westerns get segregated into a genre in Hollywood, I don't know... It's just good entertainment.” (in an interview with American Western Magazine, January 2001 issue)

“All I see is people out there who are hungry for more.” - talking about the public's desire to see more Western films in interview with Taylor Fogarty of American Western Magazine/ReadTheWest.com, January 2003.

[about the movie Monte Walsh]: “I just really want people to see this movie and I hope they like it, because to me Monte Walsh probably reflects my sensibilities more than any other I've done in the Western genre. I'm really proud of it and I think it may be the best role I've ever had.”

“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.”

On his politics:

“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.”

“Popularity is the pocket change of history. The true measure is courage. There will never be another Charlton Heston.”