Status Updates From You Never Know: A Memoir

One of the best pieces of advice: Learn your instrument. It was the motto of Selleck’s acting teacher. By the end of these 10 pages, the studio system (which was in its last dying breath) ends and Selleck has to ride out his contract. He is drafted into Army Reserves

Tom starts the New Talent program at Fox! He meets various famous people. I only recognize a few names.

Tom stumbles into a career in acting, while he’s failing out of college. He was noticed by talent agents while on The Dating Game. His accidental commercial agent plays Universal and Fox against one another to get Tom signed by Fox in their new talent program. He’s accepted by the president of Fox because he can shoot the shit with him about basketball rivalries.

The book starts off with an insane story of Tom surviving a crazy car accident at 17 years old. The story shows how the most meaningful lessons for him, are the ones he experienced first hand. Then, we’re in his 5th year of USC, where he’s a frat bro basketball player with incredibly terrible grades. You read that right: 5th year of College. I bet he was hot back then though.