Tom Selleck claims he 'wasn't taken seriously' early on in his career
Tom Selleck "wasn't taken seriously" early on in his career. The 79-year-old actor shot to fame after taking on the leading role of Thomas Magnum in the 1980s detective series 'Magnum P.I' but admitted that before that "struggled" to use his good looks to get where he wanted to be. He told The Telegraph: "Everybody has a cross to bear as an actor, and everybody has a task to be taken seriously. In the age I was going into acting, Dustin Hoffman didn’t have as tough a time getting to be taken seriously. I’m sure he did for years, but my first acting coach said, 'Look, you walk through the door,...