Other Titles • The Elephant Man • Der Elefantenmensch (1981)
Quotes from The Elephant Man (1980)
1
John Merrick: I am not an animal. I am a human being. I am a man.
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2
John Merrick: There's something I've been meaning to ask you for some time now. Dr. Frederick Treves: What's that? John Merrick: Can you cure me? Dr. Frederick Treves: No. We can care for you, but we can't cure you.
(11 votes)
3
Mrs. Kendal: Why, Mr. Merrick, you're not an elephant man at all. John Merrick: Oh no? Mrs. Kendal: Oh no... no... you're a Romeo.
(10 votes)
4
Dr. Frederick Treves: Am I a good man? Or a bad man?
(9 votes)
5
John Merrick: People are frightened by what they don't understand
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6
Dr. Frederick Treves: I know exactly what you've done to him and he's never going back to that. Night Porter: He's a freak. That's how they live. We're partners, he and I. Dr. Frederick Treves: *You're* the monster! You, you're the freak!
7
Bytes: Life! ...is full of surprises. Imagine the torment of this creature's poor mother, knocked down in the third month of her maternal state by an elephant, a wild elephant, on an uncharted Indian isle. The result is plain to see... The terrible... Elephant... Man...
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Dr. Fox: Have you ever mentioned his mental state? Dr. Frederick Treves: Oh, he's an imbecile, probably from birth. Man's a complete idiot... Pray to God he's an idiot.
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