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Rip Torn

"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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"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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"I am blessed to have Mom and Dad."

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"My sister and I said, Dad, are you doing to do anything about that? And he mentioned treatments other people sent him that he'd been working on. So we thought it would be kind of cool to give these guys a real script."

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"The Rat Pack was the piece that really kicked me out of that little funk that I was in and then Ted called me up and asked me if I wanted to be the dad in Blow."

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"But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met."

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"Not every father gets a chance to start his son off in his own footsteps."

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"I'm left handed, but my dad taught me to play guitar right-handed."

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"Dad was the only adult male I ever trusted."

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