Rip Torn Quotations

Anything new is always considered the devil's tool.

There's always some kind of blacklist throughout history. But the difference is, in America they usually let you live.

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

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

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.'

If I could just get a piece of lemon, it'd be great.

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

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.

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

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.