Tom Selleck Quotes

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

"I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up. Acting was right next to it, so I signed up for acting instead. [On his college registration experience]."
-Tom Selleck

"Going through my mind? Don't screw up, don't screw up Frank's birthday."
-Tom Selleck

"I've got nothing against this particular set of candidates, but I do think we're not seeing enough of who they are, ... We're kind of seeing who they and their handlers think we want them to be."
-Tom Selleck

"It's intimidating to play the nominee for president. The little kid inside you says, 'I'm not enough.' I would guess that happens to politicians, too. They go, 'C'mon, who am I kidding? I'm just this guy or this woman,'."
-Tom Selleck

"Son, never throw a punch at a redwood."
-Tom Selleck

"I had a fantasy of being a pro baseball player, and I've gotten to play a Major League Baseball player (in 1992's 'Mr. Baseball'), ... I loved Westerns as a little kid and I get to do them. I even get to die as an actor and then you just go home and have dinner. It's great. So now, I'm not a candidate, but I play one on TV and I'll be home for dinner."
-Tom Selleck