102 Quotes by Tom Selleck

You know I grew up watching the TV series The Rifleman.

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

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

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

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

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 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 praise CBS for taking a risk, which is always the price you pay for opportunity. This is not standard movie of the week storytelling. I think movies of the week have fallen into a niche and that isn't my niche