Elephant Man Quotes

• I am not an animal! I am a human being! I…am…a man!

  Joseph Merrick

  Animal, Men, Humans

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• Never, oh! never, nothing will die; The stream flows, The wind blows, The cloud fleets, The heart beats, Nothing will die.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Death, Heart, Blow

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.222, Delphi Classics

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• Do we really want to know how Michael Jackson makes his music? No. We want to understand why he needs the bones of the Elephant Man -- and, until he tells us, it doesn't make too much difference whether or not he really is ''bad.

  Frank Zappa

  Men, Elephants, Differences

  Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso (1990). “Real Frank Zappa Book”, p.224, Simon and Schuster

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• But my mother loved The Elephant Man, and my father gave David Lynch a scholarship to study in Rome.

  Isabella Rossellini

  Mother, Father, Men

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• Tis true, my form is something odd
  but blaming me, is blaming God,
  Could I create myself anew
  I would not fail in pleasing you.

  Joseph Merrick

  Blame, Odd, Form

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• The mind's the standard of the man.

  Alan Watts

  Men, Mind, He Man

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• If I could reach from pole to pole
  or grasp the ocean with a span,
  I would be measured by the soul
  The mind's the standard of the Man.

  Isaac Watts

  Ocean, Men, Soul

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• If you've got a great crew it's intense, but its quite short. 'The Elephant Man' was longer than most, for an independent film. That was a 14 week film. But it was because of the intrinsic difficulties. We had to invent a different way of filming, because the makeup was so long. A working day for me with a full makeup on was nineteen hours. So obviously you couldn't do that twice running.

  John Hurt

  Running, Independent, Makeup

  Source: www.filmslatemagazine.com

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• 'The Elephant Man' was hugely enjoyable to do. I thought the one stage, when Chris Tucker did the first makeup and it took 12 hours, I thought they'd actually found a way for me not to enjoy filming.

  John Hurt

  Makeup, Men, Elephants

  Source: www.filmslatemagazine.com

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• What ever happened to freak shows? Back in the twenties when elephant man was born at least he had a job waiting for him.

  Doug Stanhope

  Jobs, Men, Elephants

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• I really wanted to work with David Lynch. I was a big fan of The Elephant Man and Eraserhead.

  Sting

  Men, Elephants, Fans

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• Elephant Man [movie] was much more difficult physically. This had a couple of days. It was quite tricky. I had my leg strapped up behind me and I am a little older now. It was all marvelous, though. He [Bong Joon-ho] is one of the most fabulous directors in the world.

  John Hurt

  Couple, Men, Elephants

  Source: www.eyeforfilm.co.uk

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• I often say, with something like 'The Elephant Man,' had it been an American series for television, where you have to sign your life away for seven years...well, maybe I would never have made 'Sailcloth.'

  John Hurt

  Men, Seven Years, Elephants

  Source: www.filmslatemagazine.com

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• It's amazing how quickly human beings adapt, isn't it? It was such a great crew, and David [Lynch] was wonderful to work with [on 'The Elephant Man']. It was a very thrilling time, actually.

  John Hurt

  Men, Elephants, Wonderful

  Source: www.filmslatemagazine.com

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• Always drawn to the theatric, Bowie also performed in stage productions of "The Elephant Man" and just recently collaborated on "Lazarus," an off-Broadway musical that's a sequel to his 1976 role in the film "The Man Who Fell To Earth."

  David Bowie

  Men, Elephants, Musical

  Source: www.npr.org

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• The Elephant Man claimed his head was big because, it's so full of dreams. Actually, it's because his skull was shaped like a turkey.

  Dana Gould

  Dream, Men, Turkeys

  FaceBook post by Dana Gould from Oct 09, 2012

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• I'll do anything to keep everyone laughing. Things get too intense on film sets. I remember on The Elephant Man, I used to imitate a cat without moving my lips. David Lynch would say, "Cut! Sorry, we've got a noise somewhere on set." Everyone would be looking around for this cat.

  Anthony Hopkins

  Sorry, Moving, Cat

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• I saw David Lynch’s “The Elephant Man” (1980) when I was 15. I was completely bowled over. I found it so beautiful, strange and mesmerizing that I went back to the cinema every night for a week to see it.

  Ben Daniels

  Beautiful, Night, Men

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• The Elephant Man would never have gotten up and gone, ‘Oh, God. Look at me hair today.’

  Karl Pilkington

  Funny, Men, Hair

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