"When I got the part, I thought after reading the script, 'Wow. This is a really stressful job,' because the bulk of what you're dealing with are women and children. So, I asked [creator] Dick Wolf if I could have four children instead of three. I gave Elliot what I had built in my head. The first part of which was a girlfriend who got knocked up, so I had to marry her to make it legitimate because I'm a good Catholic and I loved her. Then the last two kids weren't planned, and they're twins! I found it funny, but I also went, 'Man, this is... a lot.' I kept wanting to dollop on top of Stabler. He's a guy who handles pressure."
"Elliot's beard, it's going to get its own credit [on the show]. I'll say this. I thought from the comments it was rather controversial, but it was this idea of a physical manifestation of the trauma that he'd gone through. Maybe him wanting to cover up or hide or be someone else or go away from who he was when he lost his wife, and then coming back. So I just thought about it and came up with it."
Christopher Meloni, People magazine 2025
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