# The Mask (film)

The Mask is a 1994 action comedy film starring Jim Carrey, released in the United States on 29 July 1994, it co-starred Cameron Diaz, in her screen debut. Directed by Chuck Russell, it is based on a series of comic books published by Dark Horse Comics.

## Stanley Ipkiss/The Mask

* Ssssssssssssssssssssssssssmokin!
* It's party time! P-A-R-T-whY? Because I gotta!
* [after being flattened onto the road] Look, Ma, I'm roadkill! Ha ha ha!
* [acting as a balloon salesman to a group of thugs] Step right up here! Don't be shy! Nobody likes a bashful leather head! [Pause] MOVE IT! [the thugs approach him] For my first trick...I'll do something for you, son. [makes a giraffe-shaped balloon] We have a giraffe. [Offers it to a thug] There you go, son. Now get out of here. You bother me. Now...[pulls out what appears to be a used condom] Sorry, wrong pocket. For you, son. Little body English. [makes a poodle-shaped balloon] A French poodle. [Rips it apart before the thug can take it] Sorry, son. The dog was rabid. Had to put her down. And, last but not least, my favorite... [makes a gun-shaped balloon, which transforms into a rather rubbery submachine gun. He aims it at the thugs] A Tommy gun! [as the thugs run away. the Mask shoots at them while laughing manically]
* This is incredible. With these powers, I could be...A SUPERHERO! I could fight crime, protect the innocent, work for World Peace! But first...
* Hold onto your lugnuts — it's tiiiiime for an overhaul!!!
* Hold on, sugar! Daddy's got a sweet tooth tonight!
* Sssomebody stop me!
* Uh-oh...can't make the scene if you don't have the green; I better make a little stop.
* [After robbing the bank, to Dorian's henchmen] Sorry, fellas. Waste not, want not.
* Let's rock this joint!
* [In a French accent] Hello, cheri. We meet again. Is it fate? Is it meant to be? Is it written in the stars that we are destined to fraternize? I'D LIKE TO THINK SO! HA HA HAA!
* (After being kicked in the groin by Tina; in a high-pitched voice) She is so coy. (normal voice) I LOVE IT!
* Our love is like a red, red rose... and I am a little thorny.
* Hold me closer, Ed, it's getting dark... [coughs] Tell Auntie Em to let Old Yeller out... [coughs]...tell Tiny Tim I won't be coming home this Christmas... [coughs]...tell Scarlett I do give a damn! (coughs on thug, a fart is heard) Pardon me... [he dies, an audience appears and gives the Mask a standing ovation while The Mask is handed an Oscar acting award] Thank you! You love me! You really love me!
* Did you miss me? I GUESS NOT!
* Now you have to ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" WELL, DO YA... PUNKS?!
** In a Clint Eastwood Dirty Harry voice
* THAT'S A SPICY MEATBALL!!!
** In an Italian accent, using a line from an Alka-Seltzer advertisement, after swallowing a bomb, then belching out the explosion
* This guy's incorrigible.
* You were good, kid, real good. But as long as I'm around, you'll always be second-best, see?
** After defeating Dorian, with an Eddie G. Robinson voice
* Thank ya very much!
** Dodging bullets with an Elvis Presley voice

## Dorian Tyrell

* Ice this deadbeat!
* 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. I want him in here tomorrow, alive. You still here? Come on, let's go!
* I'm just an ex-employee, who's come for his back pay. Or should I say, PAYBACK!
* Ladies and gentlemen, I'll be your host for the remainder of the evening.

## 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!
* I'm sorry, Stanley. You really are a great guy, I just can't afford to lose my condo. You know how hard it is to afford an apartment in this city.

## Charlie Schumaker

* [sees Tina enter; to Stanley] Hold the phone. Killer at ten o'clock.
* Officers, arrest those men! ...I always wanted to say that.

## Dialogue

    Mrs. Peenman: Ipkiss, do you have any idea what time it is?
    Stanley Ipkiss: [exasperatedly] Actually, no.
    Mrs. Peenman: [gasps; Stanley steps off carpet] My new carpet! Well, this is coming right out of your security, Ipkiss!
    Stanley Ipkiss: You know what Mrs. Peenman?
    Mrs. Peenman: WHAT?!
    Stanley Ipkiss: [pauses] Nothing.
    Mrs. Peenman: Well, that's what you are, Ipkiss, A BIG NOTHING! [slams the door behind her]
    Stanley Ipkiss: "Aren't you due back at the lab to get your bolts tightened?!" [to himself] I should've said that.
    Alley Punk: Hey, mister! You got the time?
    The Mask: As a matter of fact I do, Cubby. [pulls a watch out of his pocket] Look at that! It's exactly two seconds before I honk your nose and pull your underwear over your head! [A strong tick is heard, Mask honks punk's nose and pulls his underwear over his head]
    Bobby: Uh, are you on the list?
    The Mask: Nooooo. But I believe my friends are. Perhaps you know them. [He takes fistfuls of high denomination cash out of his pocket] Franklin, Grant, and... J-J-J-Jackson?
    [After the Mask jumps out of the window. He lands on the street with a SPLAT, and peels his head off the pavement]
    The Mask: Look, Ma! I'm roadkill! Ha Ha Ha!
    [he peels himself fully off the street, and inflates himself back to normal. A cab driver honks at him]
    Driver: Hey, get out of the road!
    The Mask: [to the viewer] I think he wants to communicate! [The Mask holds up a tiny horn that says "Squeeze me gently". He does so, blowing it at the driver. The horn unleashes a deafeningly-loud "AH-OOOOOOOOOOO-GAH!" and explodes the car's windows with its volume. The horn turns into it's normal size and the Mask blows on the end like a gun, dusts himself and leaves.]
    'Dorian Tyrell: SON OF A BITCH [throws the cigarette lighter over the wall mirror, smashing the screen to pieces; to Eddie] Eddie, who did this, man?! WHO!!?
    Eddie: [pointing to The Mask] Him! Him! Look, that's — that's the guy!
    Dorian Tyrell: That guy dancin' with Tina? He's dead meat. Come on!
    Dorian Tyrell: Okay, Twinkle-Toes, I wanna know where my money is and I wanna know right now!
    The Mask: Okay. [puts on a green eyeshade and sticks a cigarette in his mouth before pulling out an accounting machine] You've got 17.5% in T-bills amortized over the fiscal year. 8% in stocks and bonds. Carry the nine, divide by the gross national product. Fortunately, funeral bouquets are deductible!
    Dorian Tyrell: [to Orlando] Ice this deadbeat!
    Orlando: [begins shooting, which the mask easily dodges]
    Dorian Tyrell: Shoot him!
    The Mask: [turns into a matador] Toro! [turns into a cossack] Oy!Oy!Oy!Oy! [turns into Elvis] Thank you very much. Huh! Huh! [turns into a cowboy, who draws before his gun is shot out of his hand. A squish is heard] Ugh, ya got me partner. [walks towards Dorian and Orlando, while making weird noises, before collapsing in Orlando's arms] Hold me closer, Ed, it's getting dark... [coughs] Tell Auntie Em to let Old Yeller out... [coughs]...tell Tiny Tim I won't be coming home this Christmas... [coughs]...tell Scarlett I do give a damn! (coughs on thug, a fart is heard) Pardon me... [he "dies", an audience appears and gives the Mask a standing ovation while The Mask is handed an Oscar] Thank you! You love me! You really love me!
    [The Mask is being searched by the police]
    Doyle: Really big sunglasses...
    Park Policeman: Bike horn...
    Doyle: Small mouth bass...
    Park Policeman: Bowling pin...
    Doyle: [yelps in pain] Mouse trap...
    Park Policeman: Rubber chicken...
    The Mask: A little to the left... that's it.
    Doyle: [squeezes a stress reliever toy a few times] I don't know... funny eyeball glasses?
    The Mask: I've never seen those before in my life.
    Park Policeman: Bazooka…
    The Mask: I have a permit for that.
    Doyle: Picture of Kellaway's wife...
    Kellaway: What?
    The Mask: Uh oh...
    Kellaway: [sees his wife on the photo, wearing a black nightgown] MARGARET! YOU SON OF A BITCH!!!
    The Mask: Jeez, I figured you had a sense of humor. After all... YOU MARRIED HER!!!
    [Kellaway screams angrily; The Mask rapidly slaps the sides of his and Doyle's faces.]
    The Mask: That's gotta hurt! [makes weird sound then whizzes off.]
    Kellaway: GET HIM! [discovers he's now handcuffed to Doyle.] Doyle!
    Doyle: Aw, come on, Lieutenant. It's not all your fault. Something would turn up.
    Kellaway: [sarcastically] Sure, Stanley Ipkiss is gonna fall right into my lap. [falls when Stanley falls on him, then tears the tape off Stanley's mouth]
    Stanley Ipkiss: OW!
    Kellaway: Ipkiss!
    Stanley Ipkiss: Wait, I can explain everything!
    Kellaway: Oh, yeah? You can explain everything? [finds a green rubber mask] Explain this.
    Stanley Ipkiss: Um...
    Kellaway: Get him up! Come on, let’s go; I got a cell for you, pal!!
    The Mask: [To Tina; in French accent] Cigarette? No? [He puffs out smoke in the shape of a heart, then snorts an arrow through it] Now, like Napoleon, I will, divide and conquer.
    Kellaway: Ipkiss! Police!
    The Mask: Merde.
    Kellaway: Freeze! [The Mask literally freezes] Put your hands up!
    The Mask: [with teeth clenched] But you told me to freeze!
    Kellaway: All right, all right, un-freeze. [The Mask defrosts and falls to the ground] You're under arrest.
    The Mask: [Desperate voice] No! It wasn't me! It was the one-armed man! [gets up, in normal voice] All right, I confess! I did it, ya hear? And I'm glad, glad I tell ya! [begs on the ground] What are they gonna do to me, Sarge? What are they gonna do?!
    Kellaway: [slaps handcuffs on The Mask] Sorry, son, that's not my department. Search him! [The Mask is pulled up and his [endless] pockets are searched]
    The Mask: Ow! Where's a camcorder when ya need one? [snorty laugh]
    [Dorian has just donned the Mask]
    Dorian Tyrell: What a rush!
    Eddie: Whoa, boss! You OK?
    Dorian Tyrell: Better than ever, you idiot.
    Eddie: What do we do with Ipkiss?
    Dorian Tyrell: The police are looking for The Mask. So we'll give them The Mask. (He laughs evilly)
    Orlando: [delivering Stanley] Hey, boss. Look who decide to crash the party.
    Stanley: Hey, Dorian. How's it goin'?
    Dorian Tyrell: Bring him up here!
    Tina: Dorian, wait. No!
    Dorian: Ugh, there's no time for last request.
    Tina: But all I wanted was a kiss.
    Dorian: A kiss?
    Tina: Just one last kiss?
    Eddie: Dorian, I can't shut this thing off.
    Dorian Tyrell: There is always time... for one last kiss!
    [Prepares to kiss Tina demonically]
    Tina: No. I want it to be with the real Dorian. The one I used to love. No one's ever kissed me like Dorian Tyrell.
    Eddie: [shouting] Romeo, this whole place is gonna blow any minute!
    Dorian Tyrell: [yells; eyes glow red] JUST WAIT!...I've decided...[Dorian removes mask and reverts to his human self] to give her one last thrill.
    [Dorian and Tina kiss passionately. Tina takes advantage of distraction to kick the mask towards Stanley]
    Dorian Tyrell: I'm gonna take you apart! [he punches Stanley]
    Stanley Ipkiss: Well, I hope you can enjoy the victory with one friggin' eye! [he pokes Dorian in the eye and punches him across the face]
    [Kellaway and Doyle attempt a 2nd arrest on Stanley; bumps into Mayor Tilton]
    Kellaway: Watch it, chunky! [Realizes who he’s talking to] Mayor Tilton, I'm so....
    Mayor Tilton: What the hell's goin' on, Kellaway?
    Kellaway: That man is the Mask.
    Mayor Tilton: No, Dorian Tyrell was the Mask. I saw it with my own eyes. This young man just saved our lives.
    Charlie: With a little help from his friends.
    Mr. 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: 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!!!!!!!!!
    Mr. Dickey: [shocked from being told off by his employee] That'll be all, Ipkiss.

## Taglines

* From zero to hero.
* Splendiiiiide!

## Cast

* Jim Carrey as Stanley Ipkiss / The Mask
* Peter Riegert as Lt. Mitch Kellaway
* Peter Greene as Dorian Tyrell
* Amy Yasbeck as Peggy Brandt
* Richard Jeni as Charlie Schumaker
* Orestes Matacena as Niko
* Cameron Diaz as Tina Carlyle
* Jim Doughan as Detective Doyle
* Jeremy Roberts as Bobby the Bouncer
* Ben Stein as Dr. Arthur Neuman
* Ivory Ocean as Mitchell Tilton
* Reginald E. Cathey as Freeze
* William Daniel Mielcarek as Doc
* Denis Forest as Sweety Eddy
* Eamonn Roche as Mr. Dickey
* Nancy Fish as Mrs. Peenman
* Nils Allen Stewart as Orlando
* Blake Clark as Murray
* Garret T. Sato as One of Tyrell's thugs

## External links

* The Mask quotes at the Internet Movie Database