Tom Selleck has revealed he wrote his new memoir entirely by hand.
The actor penned his memoir You Never Know without a computer because he ‘can’t think in front of a keyboard.’
Tom – whose breakout role was as private investigator Thomas Magnum in the hit 1980s TV series Magnum, P.I. – told Town and Country magazine: ‘I’ve always written that way, and it’s the only way I know how to write. I can’t think in front of a keyboard.’
‘It’s like I drive ‘em nuts on Blue Bloods because I said, «No, you have to send me scripts. I need to see the paper.» I don’t really register things the same way when I scroll, so it’s better for me anyway’
Tom has always been guarded about his private life – but the actor feels that he’s been more honest than ever in his new memoir.
Tom Selleck has revealed he wrote his new memoir entirely by hand; pictured Tuesday
The 79-year-old actor penned his memoir You Never Know without a computer because he ‘can’t think in front of a keyboard’
Speaking about his unusual approach to writing the memoir, Tom explained: ‘It made it more personal.
‘Look, I’m obviously a pretty private person, but I knew if I did a memoir that there were private things I would need to share. So then it was just getting to different events and seeing how much I was willing to share.
‘It was certainly a lot more than I have in the past, and drawing the line when I knew I was getting to a level where I might be exploiting something rather than just telling a private story, especially with other people,’ he explained.
‘Because they aren’t in the room saying, «Oh yeah, that’s okay. Write about that.» It affects them very much and I was well aware of that.’
You Never Know takes readers from Selleck’s college years at the University of Southern California, his time in the Army, being bachelor No. 2 on the Dating Game, along with the small roles and commercials he booked before Magnum P.I
‘I didn’t have one of those headline-grabbing lives,’ the actor, who played Monica Gellar’s love interest on Friends, said.
‘The only way I could make the book entertaining — and I think my primary job and goal in this book is to entertain — was to get into these stories in a way that the reader got inside my head, he told the Associated Press.
The Two Men and a Baby actor spent four years writing on yellow legal pads as he laid out the story of writing six unsold pilots, booking his first big role in a movie that stunk and eventually landing Magnum P.I. when he was in his mid 30s.
Tom – whose breakout role was as private investigator Thomas Magnum in the hit 1980s TV series Magnum, P.I. – told Town and Country magazine: ‘I’ve always written that way, and it’s the only way I know how to write. I can’t think in front of a keyboard’
‘It’s like I drive ‘em nuts on Blue Bloods because I said, «No, you have to send me scripts. I need to see the paper»‘
‘I don’t really register things the same way when I scroll, so it’s better for me anyway
Tom has always been guarded about his private life – but the actor feels that he’s been more honest than ever in his new memoir; pictured at an event for his memoir
‘I wanted to speak the language of our business to young actors,’ he says. ‘It’s not an easy road. The product you’re selling — when somebody says no, which is 99% of the time — is you,’ he graciously said.
In the memoir he also reveals that despite his 6’4″ frame and handsome face he often plagued with insecurity and doubts.
‘That critic on your shoulder is a formidable opponent,’ he wrote.
He also shared what he’s learned about himself, saying: ‘I’m most proud that I, as a person, was willing to take risks. They didn’t always pay off, but many times they did. Risk is the price you pay for opportunity itself..
