20 Questions: Rip Torn

July, 1993

20 Questions: Rip TornArtie, the producer of "The Larry Sanders Show," steers Garry Shandling's fictional late-night star with the hand of a veteran. Playing Artie is the veteran actor Rip Torn. Torn, perhaps the country's busiest—though least appreciated—actor, gives the talk-show parody a jolt of smarts with experience gleaned from years in theater, movies and television.Torn started out on Broadway and in the live television dramas of the Fifties and appeared headed for stardom. But...