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Mask Quotes

On face masks, self care, and staying yourself underneath.

A face mask gets treated as ordinary self-care here, something reached for after too much sun or too much makeup, made from ingredients as simple as egg whites and olive oil. This page also gathers quotes about masks in the identity sense. Related reading continues on Cover quotes.

When you wear a mask and create a character, nothing will pigeonhole you faster.

Quotes by Adam West

You can't play Batman in a serious, square-jawed, straight-ahead way without giving the audience the sense that there's something behind that mask waiting to get out, that he's a little crazed; he's strange.

Quotes by Adam West

Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.

Quotes by Adam Clarke

Sometimes I'll do a mask if I had a lot of makeup on that day or was out in the sun. I like a hydrogen mask. It's an easy one, and it's supposed to soothe and relax your skin.

Quotes by Zhu Zhu

Concealment Quotes

I personally don't feel like I'm really different with the mask on or not, but I don't really like to take interviews or go talk to other people or in front of other people.

Quotes by Yoko Taro

I feel, even if someone is blessed with good hair, one needs to follow the basic hair care regime, and that means investing in the correct shampoo, conditioner, and mask.

Quotes by Yami Gautam

I use egg whites and an olive oil-based hair mask that deep-conditions the hair and adds incredible shine.

Quotes by Yami Gautam

The mask can be a limitation, but you just deal with it. You do get superhuman strength and pumpkin bombs and all this other stuff to express yourself with.'

Quotes by Willem Dafoe

The Democrats have concocted this whole phony 'war on women' narrative simply to mask their dreadful record on the economy and jobs.

Quotes by Wendy Long

Cover Quotes

People think stars never have any problems or cares. That's bull. Why would we show any more than one mask to the public. There's a whole lotta things I've done that I don't want to think about. But I bring...

Quotes by Vanity

Michael Myers is a very famous character. This is the ninth movie with Michael Myers, and when you put on that mask for the first time, you get a little chill going down your spine.

Quotes by Tyler Mane

A mask of gold hides all deformities.

Quotes by Thomas Dekker

Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.

Quotes by T. J. Miller

I grew up on WWE. Eddie Guerrero is my everything. He's my hero, as are Shawn Michaels and Tiger Mask. I tried to model myself after them.

Quotes by T. J. Perkins

Emotion Quotes

I find it very satisfying to write because you can purge many things and vent what you feel under the mask of fiction.

Quotes by Steven Berkoff

I have to phrase this perfectly: I'm just not convinced that the attention we give to creating what we think of as a character isn't actually quite often the means by which an actor overcomes his own terror of standing...

Quotes by Stephen Dillane

Although I know it's unfair I reveal myself one mask at a time.

Quotes by Stephen Dunn

As anyone who reads Marvel comics will tell you, it's actually more important that you understand the people that are inside the mask, as opposed to the mask and the cowl or anything else like that.

Quotes by Stephanie Savage

History is laden with belligerent leaders using humanitarian rhetoric to mask geopolitical aims. History also shows how often ill-informed moralism has led to foreign entanglements that do more harm than good.

Quotes by Samantha Power

Identity Quotes

As an actor, we spend so much putting the mask on and trying to be someone you're not.

Quotes by Russell Hornsby

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Frequently Asked Questions

What different kinds of mask appear in this collection?
It mixes the literal and the figurative — skincare masks (a hydrogen mask to soothe skin, an egg-white and olive-oil hair mask), a public figure's mask worn on camera, and a political accusation that a "war on women" narrative was used to mask an economic record.
Does the political quote take a side?
It's presented as one side's accusation — that a "phony 'war on women' narrative" was used to distract from a poor record on the economy and jobs — included here to show how mask gets used rhetorically in political debate, not as an endorsed claim.
Are there beauty-routine quotes in this collection?
Yes — two describe literal face and hair masks, including a hydrogen mask "supposed to soothe and relax your skin" and a homemade egg-white, olive-oil hair mask for shine and conditioning.
Is there a quote about hiding behind a mask personally?
One reflects on not feeling very different with "the mask on or not," while also admitting a dislike of interviews and public appearances — suggesting the mask matters less than the discomfort of being seen at all.
Where can I read related quotes?
For the idea of concealment more broadly, see Concealment quotes, or for what a mask protects against, Protection quotes.

One line insists a person feels no different underneath a mask, whatever it happens to be covering. For nearby themes, browse Concealment quotes or Emotion quotes.