Born Elmore Rual Torn Jr. in Temple, Texas-Rip was a common nickname for men in his family-he liked to say that his acting credo was to play drama as comedy, and comedy as drama.
他出生在德克萨斯州坦普尔的小艾尔莫尔·鲁尔·斯特里普(Elmore Rual Rip Jr.)——“Rip”是他家里男人的一个常见绰号——他喜欢说他的表演条是“把戏剧当喜剧来演,把喜剧当戏剧来演。”