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" I live a pretty simple life. "
Tom Selleck
Pretty
Live
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" I think character is real important. And you know, and I think the public does. "
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" There was a time I could have been mistaken for Burt Reynolds. I had a moustache and so did he. But he was the number one star in the world, so there wasn't really much confusion. "
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" Good parts should always scare you a little bit, and good parts... you might not get advice to do them. "
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" 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. "
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" Son, never throw a punch at a redwood. "
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" 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. "
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" I think a lot of Magnum was me. "
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" 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. "
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" I don't think you should do something just to prove to an audience that you can do it, that's way out of your wheelhouse. "
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" I think there have been more movies in the Western genre than any other. I grew up watching those movies. "
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" I've learned by hanging out in Hollywood, where I disagree politically with most people, that most people's hearts are in the right place, and the only thing we have to argue about is the way to solve the problems. "
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" I haven't made a political statement in quite a long time because, frankly, they get repeated, changed. "
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" To me, the excitement is in ordering a fine shotgun, going through the process that everybody who has bought one has gone through for 100 years. You order it, you make a significant down payment, and then you wait three or four years for the gun to be custom-made for you. "
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Me
Gun
" Hopefully you marry someone who you not only love, but who you like as well. "
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You
" You know, there's so much imitation and so much pandering in Hollywood. "
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Imitation
You
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" People tracking your life and photographing you anywhere you go, that can make you crazy. "
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" And besides, because of all she has accomplished, Barbara Jordan has always been a hero of mine. "
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" I think television has always been one to replicate when something's successful. I don't think there's quite as much innovation. "
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" 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. "
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" Do you like my suit? I think this is an amazing suit, don't you think? "
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" I realized I really liked the screen. I knew it was a challenge, but I wasn't afraid of risk. "
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" I quit 'Magnum' to have a family. It took a long time to get off the train, but I try very hard to have balance, and this ranch has helped me do that. "
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" I had a strong, really good upbringing, not puritanical. "
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" 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. "
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" The Westerns I like aren't really comedies. I'm drawn to the scope of them and the land as a central character. "
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" 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. "
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" My first priority is time with my family. "
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