Elmore Rual “Rip” Torn Jr. (February 6, 1931 – July 9, 2019) was an American actor whose career spanned more than 60 years. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing Marsh Turner in Cross Creek (1983). Torn’s portrayal of Artie the producer on The Larry Sanders Show (1993-1998) received six Emmy Award nominations, winning in 1996. Torn is also known for his roles as Judas Iscariot in King of Kings (1961), Thomas J. Finley, Jr. in Sweet Bird of Youth (1962), Dr. Nathan Bryce in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Bob Diamond in Defending Your Life (1991), Zeus in Hercules (1997), Zed in the Men in Black franchise (1997, 2002), Jim Brody in Freddy Got Fingered (2001), Patches O’Houlihan in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), and Louis XV in Marie Antoinette (2006).
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Rip Torn was an American actor whose career spanned more than 60 years. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film Cross Creek.
Rip Torn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Cross Creek (1983), and he won an Emmy Award in 1996 for his portrayal of Artie the producer on The Larry Sanders Show (1993–1998).
Rip Torn is known for his roles as Judas Iscariot in King of Kings (1961), Thomas J. Finley, Jr. in Sweet Bird of Youth (1962), Dr. Nathan Bryce in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Zed in the Men in Black franchise (1997, 2002), and Patches O’Houlihan in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004).
Rip Torn was born on February 6, 1931, and he passed away on July 9, 2019, at the age of 88.
Rip Torn’s portrayal of Artie the producer on The Larry Sanders Show (1993–1998) received six Emmy Award nominations, and he won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1996.
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Anything new is always considered the devil’s tool.
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Be your own politics, grow your own garden, and maybe you can help out more.
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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 Hollywood: They go in for public humiliation. You shouldn’t do that to a man.
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Everybody says, ‘You impress me as a guy who never wanted to be a movie star.’ I say, ‘Everybody in the world wants to be a movie star.’
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I honor religion except when it gets into shedding blood.
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I think most actors are shy. I really do. The greatest actors can disappear. I had friends call me the Blend-In Man.
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I used to be friends with Miles Davis. He didn’t like many folks. I lived across the street from him.
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If I could just get a piece of lemon, it’d be great.
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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 talking to too many people about it.
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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 always gonna be in the garage.
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I’ve never hit anybody who hasn’t clocked me two or three times.
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Let the other guys do the crybaby stuff. Go for the laughs.
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Never think you’re better than anyone else, but don’t let anyone treat you like you’re worse than they are.
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There’s always some kind of blacklist throughout history. But the difference is, in America they usually let you live.
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When I grew up, people said, ‘You’ll never be the man your dad was.’ And I said, ‘Gee, I hope not.’
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You can never turn your back on the ocean.
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