I think most actors are shy. I really do. The greatest actors can disappear. I had friends call me the Blend-In Man.

- Rip Torn

I've got two old Volvos, two old Subarus, and an old Ford Ranger. If you've got an old car, you've gotta have at least several old cars, 'cause one's…

- Rip Torn

If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.

- Rip Torn

When I grew up, people said, 'You'll never be the man your dad was.' And I said, 'Gee, I hope not.'

- Rip Torn

If you're lucky enough to have a pretty girl love you and share herself and sleep with you, make that your secret. The best way to spoil love is by t…

- Rip Torn

Never think you're better than anyone else, but don't let anyone treat you like you're worse than they are.

- Rip Torn

Don't ever humiliate a man. If you're gonna have to dress him out, you take him aside and do it that way. That's the one thing I don't like about Hol…

- Rip Torn

Be your own politics, grow your own garden, and maybe you can help out more.

- Rip Torn

You can never turn your back on the ocean.

- Rip Torn