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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
I really wanted to work with David Lynch. I was a big fan of The Elephant Man and Eraserhead. -- Sting
But my mother loved The Elephant Man, and my father gave David Lynch a scholarship to study in Rome. -- Isabella Rossellini
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
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
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
I always think I look like the Elephant Man - I can't get used to my own image. -- Brian Cox
The night before 'The Elephant Man' opened, we had a sleepover for 12 kids. Being organized is the key. -- Scott Ellis
I'm just getting settled as a responsible man - but if you split the elephant into little mouthfuls it will be fine. -- Tom Hardy
I first got involved with Mel Brooks through 'The Elephant Man.' Everybody knows now, but they didn't know at the time that he was the producer. -- John Hurt
I don't know how many lions and leopards I've shot. I've shot two elephants, which was enough - never again. It's a melancholy and moving thing to hunt an elephant. It's like shooting an old man. -- Wilbur Smith
I saw David Lynch's 'The Elephant Man' 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
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The four movies I can remember seeing as a kid were 'The Elephant Man,' 'The Magnificent Seven,' 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly' and 'Mad Max!' Two of those are westerns. So the western genre is emblazoned on my memory from childhood, and those are two great movies. -- Casey Affleck
Some kinds of animals burrow in the ground; others do not. Some animals are nocturnal, as the owl and the bat; others use the hours of daylight. There are tame animals and wild animals. Man and the mule are always tame; the leopard and the wolf are invariably wild, and others, as the elephant, are easily tamed. -- Aristotle
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The elephant is never won by anger; nor must that man who would reclaim a lion take him by the teeth. -- John Dryden
The truth is a fog, in which one man sees the heavenly host and the other one sees a flying elephant. -- Terry Pratchett
What is bigger than an elephant? But this also is become man's plaything, and a spectacle at public solemnities; and it learns to skip, dance, and kneel -- Plutarch
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

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