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Tom Selleck Reveals He ‘Certainly Didn’t Want to Be an Actor’ but Took a Big ‘Risk’ Anyway


Tom Selleck 'certainly didn't want to be an actor,' the Blue Bloods star revealed of his early days in Hollywood before landing the lead in Magnum, P.I.

Tom is telling a lot of never-before-revealed tales in his new memoir, You Never Know, where the Sherman Oaks, California-reared star traces his life from indifferent USC college student to one of Hollywood’s most beloved actors on the big and small screens. Gary Gershoff/Getty Images In 2010, Tom returned to television full time as Blue Bloods ’ Police Commissioner Frank Reagan, a father who doesn’t always have all the answers but always tries to do what’s best for his family. Looking back over the long road he’s traveled, Tom can’t help but be grateful for the wisdom his own father, Robert, gave him when he was contemplating a career in show business.

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