Quotes
 Mask: Hold on, Sugar! Daddy`s got a sweet tooth tonight! Mr. Dickey: IPKISS! You`re 40 minutes late. Now that`s the same as stealing!
[after being shot]
Mask: Hold me closer, Ed, it`s getting dark.
[cough, cough]
Mask: Tell Auntie Em to let Old Yeller out.
[cough cough]
Mask: Tell Tiny Tim I won`t be coming home this Christmas
[cough, cough]
Mask: Tell Scarlett I do give a damn.
[coughs in Orlando`s face, raspberries, then farts]
Mask: Pardon me.
[he dies, the Peanut Gallery appears and applauds while The Mask is handed an acting award]
Mask: Thank you, you love me, you really love me!
The Mask: [standing in front of a mirror, in the process of going out to a club] It`s party time. P, A, R, T. Why? Because I gotta!
Stanley Ipkiss: [to get his dog to steal the keys from the sleeping guard] No Milo, not the *cheese*... The *keys*!
Charlie Schumacher: [referring to Tina] A girl like that is always looking for the BBD: Bigger Better Deal.
Stanley Ipkiss: You don`t know that, Charlie. She`s an artist. She`s... she`s sensitive.
Charlie Schumacher: Stanley, listen to me. That girl will tear your heart out, put it in a blender and hit "frappe."
The Mask: Our love is like a red, red rose... and I am a little thorny.
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: Ipkiss! Police! Freeze!
[the Mask freezes in mid-air]
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: Put your hands up.
The Mask: [his teeth are frozen together] But you told me to freeze!
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: All right, all right. Un-freeze.
[the Mask un-freezes and falls to the ground]
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: You’re under arrest.
[pulls out his cuffs]
The Mask: No! It wasn`t me! It was the One-Armed Man!
[regular voice]
The Mask: All right, I confess! I did it, ya hear? And I`m glad! GLAD, I TELL YA!
[gets down on his knees and puts his hands up together]
The Mask: What are they gonna do to me, Sarg.? WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO?
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: [puts the cuffs on The Mask`s wrists] Sorry, son. That`s not my department. Search him.
The Mask: [the cops bring The Mask to his feet] Ow! Where`s a cam-corder when you need one?
[snorts in laughter]
Charlie Schumacher: [after Stanley snaps at Dickey] Genius. That was genius. Buddy, I have chills! What side of whose bed did you wake up on, man?
Peggy Brandt: Do you know how hard it is to find a decent man in this town? Most of them think monogamy is some kind of wood.
[Pulls out a condom in front of a bunch of thugs]
The Mask: Sorry, wrong pocket.
Eddy: The money better be here, Ipkiss. Or you`re gonna "Ipkiss" your ass goodbye.
[in a thick French accent]
The Mask: Hello, Cherie. We meet again. Is it fate? Is it meant to be? Is it written in the stars that we are destined to fraternize?
[Normal voice]
The Mask: I`d like to think so. Ha, ha ha!
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: There can`t be two idiots with pajamas like these.
Alley Punk #1: Hey, mister! You got the time?
The Mask: As a matter of fact I do, Cubby.
[pulls out a wind up alarm clock]
The Mask: LOOK AT THAT! It`s exactly two seconds before I honk your nose and pull your underwear over your head!
[repeated line]
The Mask: SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSMOKIN`!
The Mask: Ooh, somebody stop me!
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: Somebody STOLE your pajamas?
Stanley Ipkiss: [seeing Milo jump at the closet door where the stolen money is] Milo, no! I mean, uh, what is this world coming to when a man`s... *pajama drawer* is no longer safe?
Doyle: [going through Mask`s pocket] Picture of Kellaway`s wife.
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: What?
Mask: Uh-oh.
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: Margaret! You son-of-a-bitch!
Mask: Geez I thought you would have a sense of humor. After all - you married her!
Doyle: [searching Mask] Really big sunglasses, Nerf ball...
Cop: Bike horn...
Doyle: Small-mouthed bass...
Cop: Bowling pin...
Doyle: Aah! Mousetrap...
Cop: Rubber chicken...
The Mask: Little to the left. That`s it.
Doyle: I don`t know.
Cop: Funny eyeball glasses...
The Mask: I`ve never seen those before in my life.
Cop: Bazooka...
The Mask: I have a permit for that.
Stanley Ipkiss: [looking wistfully at the newspaper clipping of Tina] Stupid. She would never...
[He turns and sees the mask lying on the sofa. Slowly, he walks over to it and holds it... ]
Stanley Ipkiss: [throwing it over the sofa] No way.
[Walks away, stops, then jumps back over the sofa and puts it on]
Dr. Arthur Neuman: We all wear masks... metaphorically speaking.
[last lines]
Stanley Ipkiss: [on a bridge with Tina, holding the mask in his hand] You sure you`re not gonna miss this guy? Once he`s gone, all that`s left is me.
[Without a word, Tina takes it from him and throws it into the water, then grabs and kisses him. Meanwhile, Charlie, watching them, gets out of the car and rushes over to the edge of the bridge to look for the mask. It`s floating in the water, so he climbs over the railing and jumps in... ]
Charlie Schumacher: [seeing Milo swimming off with the mask] MILO!
[Meanwhile... ]
Stanley Ipkiss: [a wide grin on his face] SSSMOKIN`!
[He grabs Tina and kisses her... ]
Maggie: Stanley, you are the nicest guy. Really, you are.
Stanley Ipkiss: Yeah?
Maggie: Charlie, isn`t Stanley the nicest guy?
Charlie Schumacher: The best.
[Maggie walks off]
Charlie Schumacher: That was THE most sickening display I`ve ever seen.
Stanley Ipkiss: I disagree. I think I`m wearing her down.
Charlie Schumacher: The Coco Bongo Club. Hottest new joint in town. Only the creme de la creme need apply.
Stanley Ipkiss: So how do we get in?
Stanley Ipkiss: It`s a power tie. It`s supposed to make you feel powerful.
Tina Carlyle: Does it work?
Stanley Ipkiss: [knowing it doesn`t work, tries changing the subject] Now, uh, how about that account? We have...
[nervously jams a pen in the pencil sharpener, making a loud grinding noise]
Stanley Ipkiss: checking, savings and checking, CDs, savings and CDs, checking and CDs, savings, checking, and CDs, T-bills, or we can just take all your money and throw it in a big mattress back there.
Irv: [taking out car part] Hey, Burt, what the hell is this?
Burt: Oh, I don`t know, about seven hundred bucks, Irv?
Stanley Ipkiss: I`m here for the Civic.
Irv: The brake drums are shot and you need a new transmission.
Stanley Ipkiss: What? All I wanted was an oil change!
Burt: Well, you`re lucky we caught these problems now before they cause you some serious trouble.
Stanley Ipkiss: [being lifted by bodyguards] You put me down, or I am never coming back here!
[they drop him on ground]
Stanley Ipkiss: Thanks.
Mrs. Peenman: Ipkiss, do you have any idea what time it is?
Stanley Ipkiss: Actually, no.
Mrs. Peenman: [spots his wet feet on her carpet] My new carpet! Well, this is coming right out of your security deposit, Ipkiss!
Stanley Ipkiss: You know, Mrs. Peenman...
Mrs. Peenman: What?
Stanley Ipkiss: [dejectedly] Nothing.
Mrs. Peenman: Well, that`s what you are, Ipkiss, a big nothing!
Stanley Ipkiss: [after Mrs. Peenman slams her door] Aren`t you due back at the lab to have your bolts tightened?
Mrs. Peenman: [banging on his door] Ipkiss, turn down those cartoons!
Stanley Ipkiss: All right, Mrs. PeenMAN!
Stanley Ipkiss: [imitating Dr. Neuman] That`s correct, Wendy. We all wear masks, metaphorically speaking.
[Stanley laughs, puts on mask, it starts to suck on his face and he pulls it off]
Stanley Ipkiss: [bewildered] Yeah, right.
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: Ipkiss? Stanley Ipkiss?
Stanley Ipkiss: Yes?
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: Lt. Kellaway, city precinct. You know anything about the disturbance last night?
Stanley Ipkiss: Dis... turbance?
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: Yeah, some kind of prowler broke in and attacked Mrs. Peenman.
Stanley Ipkiss: Attacked?
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: You didn`t hear anything? She unloaded a couple of rounds of buckshot 5 feet from your door.
[Stanley sees Mrs. Peenman complaining about big hole in floor]
Stanley Ipkiss: This is... impossible.
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: Those pajamas are impossible. This actually happened.
Stanley Ipkiss: See, I have an inner ear problem. Sometimes I can`t hear anything.
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: Is that a fact?
Stanley Ipkiss: Eh?
[laughs]
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: Here`s my card. If you remember anything unusual about last night, anything at all, call me.
Stanley Ipkiss: You betcha. Thank you. And good luck... cracking the case.
Peggy Brandt: I`m with the Evening Star. Can you tell me what happened here?
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: No, and you can quote me.
Peggy Brandt: Well, it looks like some sort of Mob tactic.
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: There it is, boys, she broke the case. Come on, get these rubbernecks out of here.
Charlie Schumacher: [after Mr. Dickey leaves] Gee, I wish MY daddy owned a bank. Then I could be a rich little creep too.
Peggy Brandt: Hi, I`m Peggy Brandt from the Tribune.
Stanley Ipkiss: Oh, hi. Look, I cancelled my subscription because they kept stealing my paper from the...
Peggy Brandt: Oh, no, actually, I just want to ask you a few questions.
Stanley Ipkiss: Really? About what?
Peggy Brandt: Ripley Auto Finishing. You`re a customer of theirs, aren`t you?
Stanley Ipkiss: Me? No. I don`t even have a car. You know, `cause they pollute.
Peggy Brandt: You don`t own an `89 Civic?
Stanley Ipkiss: Oh, that car, yeah. Yeah. It`s all coming back to me.
Dorian Tyrell: Okay, Twinkle Toes. I want to know where my money is, and I want to know right now.
The Mask: Okay
[sits on stool and takes out typewriter]
The Mask: You`ve got 17.5% in T-bills amortized over the fiscal year, 8% in stocks and bonds. Carry the 9, divide by the Gross National Product... fortunately, funeral bouquets are deductible.
Dorian Tyrell: [to henchman] Ice this deadbeat!
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: Drop it, Tyrell!
Dorian Tyrell: Hey, Kellaway!
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: Drop it!
Dorian Tyrell: A`right.
[drops gun]
Dorian Tyrell: So, you got a warrant this time? Or`d you just stop by for a nightcap?
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: What I got is probable cause. A couple of your boys was spotted knocking over Edge City Bank.
Dorian Tyrell: [to Doyle] Easy, junior, you`re giving me a Woody.
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: And one of `em was wearing a big green mask.
Dorian Tyrell: You know, for once, Kellaway, you`re right. Except it wasn`t one of my boys. Maybe if you tried a little actual police work...
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: [to policemen] Cuff `em.
Police Officer: Hey, lieutenant, we got a stiff upstairs. It`s one of the guys from the heist.
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: Better call that high-priced lawyer of yours, Tyrell. You and I are going downtown for a little chat. Get him out of here!
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: [spots Stanley`s pajamas on floor] Ipkiss!
Stanley Ipkiss: [to Kellaway] Hi, lieutenant. Listen, this isn`t the best time right now for a...
[Kellaway enters]
Stanley Ipkiss: Won`t you come in?
Dorian Tyrell: 50 grand. 50 grand to the man who finds that green-faced son of a bitch before the cops do. I want you to get the word out to every street hustler, to every lowlife in this town, you understand? I want him here tomorrow, alive.
Doyle: You got any pickle relish?
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: Doyle, get in the car.
Doyle: But I ordered onion rings.
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: Doyle!
The Mask: [to Tina] Kiss me, my dear, and I will reveal my croissant. I will spread your pate. I will dip my ladle in your vichyssoise.
[Tina kicks him and scampers away]
The Mask: [squeaky voice] She is so coy.
[deep voice]
The Mask: I love it!
The Mask: And now, like Napoleon, I will divide and conquer.
[about to kiss Tina]
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: Ipkiss! Police!
The Mask: Merde.
Dr. Arthur Neuman: I`m talking about the mythology, Mr. Ipkiss. This is a piece of wood.
Dorian Tyrell: Stanley! Tell me. How`s this mask work?
Stanley Ipkiss: I don`t know. You just put it on.
[Dorian is about to put on the mask]
Eddy: Boss! You better be carefull, huh?
[Dorian puts on the mask and transforms himself into The Mask]
Dorian Tyrell: [now in deepend voice] What a rush!
Eddy: Wow, boss! You`re okay?
Dorian Tyrell: Better than ever, you idiot.
Eddy: What do we do with Ipkiss?
Dorian Tyrell: The police are looking for The Mask. So, we`ll give them The Mask.
Dickey: Ipkiss, we have a crisis on our hands here and you stroll in over an hour late? If I have to put up with your slovenly behavior...
Stanley Ipkiss: BACK OFF, Monkey Boy, before I tell your daddy you`re running this place like it`s your own personal piggy bank. Or maybe we should call the IRS, and see if we can arrange a little vacation for you at Club FED!
Dickey: [shocked from being told off by his employee] That`ll be all, Ipkiss.
Bobby: Uh, are you on the list?
The Mask: Noooo. But I believe my friends are. Perhaps you know them.
[He takes fistfuls of high denomination cash out of his pocket]
The Mask: Franklin, Grant, and... Jackson?
The Mask: Look Ma, I`m roadkill!
[the mask pulls out his guns]
The Mask: [in Clint Eastwood voice] You gotta ask yourself one question. "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya? Punks!
[Thugs shoot at the Mask] The Mask: Did you miss me? [Takes a drink, and the liquid pours out through holes in his body] The Mask: I GUESS NOT!
[Tyrell and Ipkiss are fighting at the club]
Dorian Tyrell: I`m gonna take you apart.
Stanley Ipkiss: Well, I hope you can enjoy the victory with one freakin` eye!
[Ipkiss pokes Tyrell in the eye]
The Mask: Je t`adore. Je t`window. I don`t care!
Stanley Ipkiss: [explaining how The Mask works] It`s like it brings your innermost desires to life. If deep down you`re a little repressed, and a hopeless romantic, you become some kind of love-crazy wild man.
Tina Carlyle: And if you`re someone like Dorian?
Stanley Ipkiss: Then we`re all in big trouble.
Tina Carlyle: [about Dorian, with the mask] He`s going to the charity ball tonight. He`s gonna do something terrible.
Stanley Ipkiss: Like what, the Lumbada?
[Kellaway and Doyle climb over the park wall, to find the Mask leading a big dance number]
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: [Grabbing Doyle by the arm] Start dancing, and I`ll blow your brains out!
Mayor Mitchell Tilton: I want to see you in my office first thing tomorrow morning.
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: Yes, your honor.
Doyle: That doesn`t sound good at all.
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: No, it doesn`t sound good. What would sound good to you?
Doyle: Breakfast!
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: SHUT UP!
[a bomb has just exploded inside The Mask, leading to a fiery belch]
Mask: THAT`S A SPICY MEATBALL!
Mask: Hold on to your lugnuts, it`s tiiiiime for an overhaul!
Tina Carlyle: Stanley? Are you all right?
Stanley Ipkiss: Yeah. I`ve, never been better, really. Just... Just catching some air out here.
[Valet drives up with his car: a loaner Studebaker]
Parking Valet: Your car, sir.
Stanley Ipkiss: [chuckles to Tina] That`s not my car.
Parking Valet: It matches the ticket.
Stanley Ipkiss: All right... I`ll take it. But I am VERY angry. You believe this? You drive in in a Porsche...
Peggy Brandt: You said you wouldn`t hurt him!
Dorian Tyrell: I lied.
The Mask: You were good, kid, real good. But as long as I`m around, you`ll always be second best, see?
Bobby: You crossed the rope. NEVER cross the rope.
Freeze: I do have one question.
Dorian Tyrell: Which is?
Freeze: What does Niko have to say about this?
Dorian Tyrell: Nothin`... this ain`t his grift.
Freeze: Get real man, everything is his grift. He owns you, he owns this... club he owns this whole stink` town.
Dorian Tyrell: Things change
[takes drag on cigarette]
Dorian Tyrell: .
Freeze: You mess with Niko you end up takin` a dirt nap.
Doyle: I missed `em.
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: C`mon... we all missed `em.
Stanley Ipkiss: Hey, guard, there`s a woman being chased in the alley there.
Guard: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Keep it down.
Stanley Ipkiss: C`mon, MAN! SERVE AND PROTECT!
Stanley Ipkiss: Milo stay here. Looks like Daddy`s gotta go kick some ass.
[repeated line]
Lieutenant Mitch Kellaway: *Doyle*
Tina Carlyle: Thanks.
Stanley Ipkiss: For what?
Tina Carlyle: Lots of things. Sharing the sunset with me. For being the only guy whose ever treated me like a person and not some sort of party favor. For being any kind of romantic. Even a hopeless one.
Stanley Ipkiss: You`re welcome.
Tina Carlyle: You know that night at the club? I knew I`d found someone special.
Stanley Ipkiss: [rolls his eyes] The Mask.
Tina Carlyle: No, it was the guy inside the mask. It was you all along. You, Stanley Ip... kiss.
[they go to kiss when the guard interrupts them]
Niko`s Golf Game: [Niko hits a golf ball, it lands in a virtual reality golf game screen] 198 yards.
Niko: [turns to see that Dorian has arrived] Hello, Dorian. Thanks for dropping by.
Dorian Tyrell: Well, next time why don`t you call, alright? Leave these delivery boys at home.
[Niko grins at the thugs evilly, they force Dorian to ground, and one of them laughs as the other places a wooden tee in Dorian`s mouth. He spits the tee out. One of them takes a gun out and holds it to Dorian`s head, the other looks at Niko who nods, then places another tee in Dorian`s mouth and puts a golf ball on it]
Niko: [swings club slowly] The cops, ah... tried to shut the club down this morning. They say you`ve been running the place to make your own small-time scams. I hear things like that, and I start losing my concentration. And my game, it goes straight to HELL!
[pulls the club back for swing]
Niko: You could, too.
[swings and hits the ball]
Dorian Tyrell: Oh, ow!
Niko`s Golf Game: 205 yards.
Niko: I`m fed up with you, Dorian. But I`m gonna cut you a break. One week to get out of town.
[brushing Dorian`s cheek with the club]
Niko: After that, I`ll use your empty little skull to break in my new 9-iron.
[smacks the club away from his face, lifts Dorian up roughly and escorts him out of office]
Dorian Tyrell: What happened?
Freeze: Someone hit the joint before we could.
Dorian Tyrell: [places a cigarette in Freeze`s mouth] Here, suck on that.
[tries to light his lighter; Freeze goes limp, the cigarette falls out of his mouth]
Dorian Tyrell: Son of a bitch!
[throws the cigarette lighter across the bar room where it crashes and breaks something]
Trivia
Chuck Russell has said that The Mask started off as a very dark horror film based on the old comic books before being transformed as a vehicle for Jim Carrey`s unique comedy.
This is Cameron Diaz`s first movie role.
Years before Son of the Mask (2005), there was, at some point, plans for "The Mask II", but that sequel was canceled. There was even a contest from Nintendo Power magazine where first prize was a walk-on role in that movie.
Prior to Cameron Diaz landing the role of Tina Carlyle, the producers had originally suggested a relative unknown but up and coming blonde Anna Nicole Smith for the role. Ultimately the decision was reversed when they found Cameron Diaz while leaving a modeling agency.
The Ripley Auto Finishing building is also used In Ghost Busters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989) as their headquarters.
The nightclub Jim Carrey frequents in hopes of attracting Cameron Diaz bears the name of the "Coco Bongo". Coco Bongo was also the name of the bar Peter Appleton (Carrey) went to after losing his job in The Majestic (2001). Coco Bongo is also the name of Jim Carrey`s nightclub in Cancun, Mexico.
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# When The Mask goes to get revenge on the mechanics, the sign over the door reads "Ripley`s Auto Finishing". The next day, when the mechanics are being taken out on stretchers, the sign had been vandalized, broken and painted, now reading `Rip Off` on the two separated halves.
The part when Jim Carrey is being chased by the gangsters and pulls the wet condom out of his pocket and says, "Sorry wrong pocket," was improvised by Carrey.
The banana-yellow suit that Jim Carrey wears is based on a suit which his mother made for him for his first attempt at stand-up comedy.
Jim Carrey based his character on his father.
The oversized teeth on the Mask character were originally to be used only during silent scenes. However, Carrey learned to talk with them on to make his character that much more wacky.
An original script idea was for Stanley to meet the street gang that he later encounters as the Mask earlier in the film, getting mugged and having them steal his watch. This is why when his landlady asks him if he knows what time it is, he says, "Actually, no."
As befits Stanley`s obsession with cartoons, The Mask acts like various cartoon characters, most notably the Tazmanian Devil (traveling as a tornado), Pepe Le Pew (romancing Tina in the park), Bugs Bunny (dying in the gangster`s arms), and Tex Avery`s Wolf (seeing Tina in the nightclub).
Many of the moves in Tina`s nightclub act are directly taken from Red`s nightclub act in the Tex Avery cartoon Red Hot Riding Hood (1943), a portion of which Stanley watches at the beginning of the movie.
Cameron Diaz`s singing voice in the film was dubbed by Susan Boyd.
The line "You love me, you really love me!" was originally said by Sally Field in an Oscar acceptance speech.
In the scene where Ipkiss puts the mask on in his apartment, and becomes a whirlwind, lightning strikes in the background reveal a back lit image of his skeleton. The viewer will need to play the movie in slow motions as the scene is only 1/10th of a second long.
The one thing that attracted Jim Carrey to the project more then anything else was that Stanley Ipkiss, much like him, is a huge fan of cartoons.
Cameron Diaz had to audition 12 times for the part of Tina, only landing the role 7 days before shooting began.
Jim Carrey was paid $450,000 for his work in the film.
SPOILER: The DVD contains two deleted scenes. One was an introduction with the Vikings coming to bury the Mask on the shore, while another was in the warehouse after Peggy turns Stanley over to Dorian; he picks her up and throws her into the printing press, with a newspaper printing out that shows her smashed face and says she died that night.
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Cameron Diaz
(as Tina Carlyle)
with Jim Carrey
(as Stanley Ipkiss)
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