Tom Selleck’s upcoming memoir gives a candid look into his life, including his desire to unplug and the fact that he never set out to be a big actor.
“Occasionally I’ve looked up my name,” Selleck told PEOPLE while explaining his aversion to technology. “That really started with the book, but I’ve never sent my own email. I had a secretary. I’ve never texted anyone.”
“I have a certain luxury where I probably couldn’t survive otherwise,” he continued. “But I don’t know. I have a hard time writing things down, which is weird for a guy who’s pushing a book.”
“You Never Know,” his upcoming memoir, recounts his life to give readers a peek at his storied career. One of the standouts is that despite being one of the most recognizable faces on TV and starring in some of the biggest shows, Selleck was never meant to become an actor.
“I don’t really have the hooks that a lot of people do,” he said. “I didn’t rehabilitate myself of having this tragic life. I had my own share of certainly ups and downs, but I’ve been very lucky.”
Despite his luck in the industry, another thing Selleck wanted to convey through his memoir is that acting is not an easy career. While it comes with many perks, such as money and fame, acting is not for everyone.
“If you’re going to get in the acting business, you better get an appetite for it,” he said. “And I tried to communicate that…Because it was kind of a long road.”
“It is really the story of an accidental career,” he added. “I’d never taken an acting class. I had no training, no desire. People would say, ‘Oh, he was bitten by the acting bug’ or, ‘He wanted to be a star.’ I’ve never talked that way in my life. I just wanted to get a job and work.”
“You Never Know” will be available May 7.Movieguide® previously reported:
Tom Selleck is reflecting on his decades in the entertainment industry in his upcoming memoir, “You Never Know.”
“[The book] is a lot about failing, endless failures,” he shared in a recent interview with PEOPLE. “If you’re going to get in the acting business, you better get an appetite for it. And I tried to communicate that…Because it was kind of a long road.”
Despite his years of movie and TV-making, Selleck shared that he initially had some doubts about how interesting a book about his life would be.
