Behinds Quote by John Hurt

'The Elephant Man' was hugely enjoyable to do. I thought the one stage, when Chris Tucker did the first makeup and it took 12…

— John Hurt

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…

— John Hurt

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

— Karl Pilkington

I'm extremely excited and honoured to be given the opportunity to take on the portrayal of Joseph Merrick in the BBC's adaption of 'The…

— Charlie Heaton

I wanted to work with an elephant.

— Robert Pattinson

“Of all African animals, the elephant is the most difficult for man to live with, yet its passing - if this must come -…

— Peter Matthiessen

“Elephant, beyond the fact that their size and conformation are aesthetically more suited to the treading of this earth than our angular informity, have…

— Beryl Markham

People are so difficult. Give me an elephant any day.

— Mark Shand

...the elephant smoked too much.

— Victor Borge

[Swiss Armi Man] was a super joyful film to go make. I mean, there was stuff that was, like, totally bananas. But it was…

— Paul Dano

It is absurd for a man to kill an elephant. It is not brutal, it is not heroic, and certainly it is not easy;…

— Beryl Markham

[Elephants] are less agile and physically less adaptable than ourselves - Nature having developed their bodies in one direction and their brains in another,…

— Beryl Markham