Quotes About Mask

Su mismo carácter de cosas ordinarias, sentía yo, enmascaraba aquello que era maligno y hostil a nosotros.

We were in Venice at the time of the revels before Lent. I went into the plaza wearing a mask and hood. I saw a pretty girl, dark skin, dark eyes. She smelled strong of fish and capers and fried artichokes. I kissed her for Beauty's sake. For Lady's sake. Behind the veil of the mask, in the old Jewish Quarter, I kissed her, kissed her, and didn't cry, because I know one day I will die. And I will not rise again.

I smile. I lie.

Ancient Japanese protocol stipulated that the Emperor be addressed with "fear and trembling". I've always loved the expression, which so perfectly describes the way actors in Samurai films speak to their leader, their voices tremulous with almost superhuman reverence. So I put on the mask of terror and started to tremble.

What Steve Nash and Chris Paul do is they kind of hide your weaknesses.

If I wear a hat and sunglasses, not as many people recognize me.

I didn't train with a mask. There's no way they will be able to make everybody wear masks once they're playing and training flat out. It's impossible.

If health and medical experts told me I should wear a mask while I was briefing, I would do it.

'Imposter Syndrome' is the feeling of wearing a mask and playing a role that one does not feel at home in. It is when you feel like you or your work is a fluke and that you're a dwarf amongst giants. Many of us have this, especially when we're in some sort of creative industry.

We get so much in the habit of wearing disguises before others that we finally appear disguised before ourselves.

I had to get used to wearing a mask and wearing a prosthetic and performing with those things while singing and expressing myself through stylized movement, while keeping it as human as possible so the audience could be closer to the horror of the Phantom.

Love often wears a mask in order to test loyalty.

As we ascend the social ladder, viciousness wears a thicker mask.

I shampoo every other day and only do the roots. I can't shampoo all the way down to the end, because it will dry my hair out. I use a mask multiple times a week to restore moisture.

I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same.

My beard is just an ongoing effort to hide my face as much as possible.

I don't travel without a sleep mask or Post Its!

This is my costume. I'm a homicidal maniac. They look just like everyone else.

I didn't get why I was wearing a mask. But I understand it now - why my dad would want our face to be covered.

A creep is someone who claims he's one thing but he's actually another.

We are not brain surgeons. We are not curing cancer. We are not finding the next cure for Alzheimer's. We are simply and merely entertainment. We take on and wear the masks of characters. That's what we're paid to do.

The talk shows I've done are all radio for exactly this reason: I don't want to wear a rubber mask.

Merry-go-rounds are a shared lie of childhood. Cruelty masked as fun. Tedium cloaked as adventure. A great spinning vessel of torment getting the tykes ready for the damnation most of them will richly deserve, all because their minds were permanently twisted by this parade of pony horrors.

He snatches the mask off completely and says, "We came all the way up from Santa Ana to see this shithole and we're not leaving without having a drink." "Santa Ana? Why don't you go back down south and sneak a pint in Disneyland? That'll make you feel edgy too, Beaver Cleaver.