Elephant Man Quotes:

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

- Joseph Merrick

topic: Animal, Men, Humans, Elephant Man

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

- Alfred Lord Tennyson

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

topic: Death, Heart, Blow, Elephant Man

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

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

topic: Men, Elephants, Differences, Elephant Man

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

- Isabella Rossellini

topic: Mother, Father, Men, Elephant Man

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

topic: Blame, Odd, Form, Elephant Man

The mind's the standard of the man.

- Alan Watts

topic: Men, Mind, He Man, Elephant Man

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

topic: Ocean, Men, Soul, Elephant Man

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

source: Source: www.filmslatemagazine.com

topic: Running, Independent, Makeup, Elephant Man

'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

source: Source: www.filmslatemagazine.com

topic: Makeup, Men, Elephants, Elephant Man

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

topic: Jobs, Men, Elephants, Elephant Man

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

- Sting

topic: Men, Elephants, Fans, Elephant Man

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

source: Source: www.eyeforfilm.co.uk

topic: Couple, Men, Elephants, Elephant Man, Bongs

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

source: Source: www.filmslatemagazine.com

topic: Men, Seven Years, Elephants, Elephant Man

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

source: Source: www.filmslatemagazine.com

topic: Men, Elephants, Wonderful, Elephant Man

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

source: Source: www.npr.org

topic: Men, Elephants, Musical, Theatrics, Elephant Man

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

source: FaceBook post by Dana Gould from Oct 09, 2012

topic: Dream, Men, Turkeys, Elephant Man

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

topic: Sorry, Moving, Cat, Elephant Man, Film Set

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

topic: Beautiful, Night, Men, Elephant Man, Mesmerizing

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

- Karl Pilkington

topic: Funny, Men, Hair, Elephant Man