102 Quotes by Tom Selleck

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.

I had a strong, really good upbringing, not puritanical.

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.

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.

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.

And besides, because of all she has accomplished, Barbara Jordan has always been a hero of mine.

The Westerns I like aren’t really comedies. I’m drawn to the scope of them and the land as a central character.

It is scary for an actor when you get hired as a lead. No matter what the plot is, it is your job to do something interesting enough to make them want to get inside the lead character’s head.