Tom Selleck chose to write his autobiographical book by hand. The American actor explained to Town and Country that he found the approach “more personal”.
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Tom Selleck has revealed that he wrote his new memoir, You Never Know, entirely by hand.
“I’ve always written this way, and it’s the only way I know how. I can’t think in front of a keyboard,” the 79-year-old told Town and Country magazine. “It made it more personal.”
Tom Selleck also said that he liked to read his scripts on paper rather than on the computer. “I felt like I was driving them crazy in Blue Bloods when I said, ‘No, you need to send me scripts. I need to see the paper. I don’t register things the same way when I scroll through them, so it’s better for me anyway.”
The actor’s new book discusses his years at university, his involvement in the army and the small roles he played before his career took off thanks to Magnum in the 1980s.
“I didn’t lead one of those headline-grabbing lives,” he said. “The only way to make the book entertaining – and I think my main job and goal in this book is to entertain – was to get into these stories so the reader gets inside my head.”
The Three Men and a Baby star enjoyed reflecting on his career while writing the book.
“I am very proud of having taken risks. They didn’t always lead me anywhere, but they often did. Risk is the price to pay for the opportunity itself,” added Tom Selleck.
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