“I am not an animal!”

FAMOUS MOVIE QUOTE: “I am not an animal!  I am a human being!”        John Hurt as John Merrick, “The Elephant Man”        In the film version of The Elephant Man (1980)        Based on the 1977 play by Bernard Pomerance

THE PENGUIN’S COUNTERQUOTE: Danny DeVito (as The Penguin): “I am not a human being. I am an animal!”        In the movie Batman Returns (1992)

NIETZCHE’S VERSION: “I am not a human being. I am dynamite.”        German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)        Ecce Homo (written in 1888, published in 1908)

THE PRODUCERS’ VERSION: Gene Wilder (as Leo Bloom): “Actors are not animals. They’re human beings.” Zero Mostel (as Max Bialystock): “They are? Have you ever eaten with one?”         In Mel Brooks’ movie The Producers (1968)

MST3K VARIATION: Tom Servo: “I am not an animal. I am a rubber model!”        One of the quips Tom made on Mystery Science Theater 3000 while watching a stop-motion dinosaur in the 1951 movie, Lost Continent

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