Elf Quotes

"Vig used to call me `elf boy,` and I`d call him `filthy human.` As an Elf, I never got a scratch on me, never got dirty. And Vig would come out with blood and sweat all over him. And he`d say to me, `Oh, go manicure your nails.`"

I wanted to do a Christmas movie. I had been offered Surviving Christmas (2004), and I opted not to pursue that one any further. And then Elf (2003) came along and I thought it really plays into my sensibilities. I thought the one thing about Will Ferrell that I had not seen him do a lot was show his heart as a person and a performer. In developing the script, although it was edgy and irreverent at times, I wanted to keep it a PG movie, not a PG-13 movie that made fun of Christmas.

My whole career has been fulfilling my childhood fantasies, playing characters that are larger than life, getting to play a knight, an elf, a prince, and a soldier.

I have played a boxer, a cowboy, a knight, a prince, an elf and a pirate. I am so glad to have done all of that already, and am ready for this phase of my career.

I have played a boxer, a cowboy, a knight, a prince, an elf and a pirate. I am so glad to have done all of that already.

Elf Envy...they all had it.

James Caan told me at the end of filming `Elf` that he had been waiting through the whole film for me to be funny - and I never was.

Audrey Tautou looks like a little elf with big eyes, like a deer. She`s the perfect actress for me, because she`s able to do both comedy and drama. That`s pretty rare in France. Most French actors are only able to play realistic. Even Catherine Deneuve plays the same way all the time.

If I ever do anything, it actually might be some fantasy elf thing or even some cute, funny thing. Just to do something a little bit out of the ordinary. I`ve done my superhero gig.