Rip Torn quotes:

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.

I used to be friends with Miles Davis. He didn't like many folks. I lived across the street from him.

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.

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

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

I honor religion except when it gets into shedding blood.

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

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.

You can never turn your back on the ocean.

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

I've never hit anybody who hasn't clocked me two or three times.

Let the other guys do the crybaby stuff. Go for the laughs.

Is it necessary for me to drink my own urine? No, but I do it anyway because it's sterile and I like the taste.

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