Bill," explained Selleck, who speaks warmly of his parents, toAARP.

“They walked their talk.

I don’t have any tragic stories of parental rejection.

Tom Selleck smiling

They taught me everything I know.”

It was at USC that a career in acting was first suggested to him.

“, he was into his mid-thirties, and wasn’t having the best luck in the world.

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Without a doubt, Selleck truly made the role of Magnum his own too.

“Magnum was recognized as the first show to portray Vietnam veterans in a positive way.

My silly Hawaiian shirt and Detroit Tigers cap are in their collection.”

Tom Selleck acting

Tom stepped away from the limelight…and Magnum, P.I.

Hemarried his second wife, Jillie Mack, in 1987, and they have one child together.

As he toldPeople,- he “didn’t like what I was being offered.”

Tom Selleck and wife

“And you do get done, I’m well aware of that.

It was a big lull, but it put a lot of things in perspective.”

“It’s the best place to raise a child …

Tom Selleck speaking

It was such the wisdom of Tom,” she noted.

“He knew he needed to buy back his anonymity, to replenish the soul.”

However, this of course would not be the end of Selleck’s acting career.

We ensure we sit down and enjoy a nice long dinner.”

Or, as he said toPeople, “My first priority is time with my family.”