Head's all empty, I don't care,' he'd sing to me, quoting the Grateful Dead, and I'd force a smile, thinking that my head was never empty and that if it ever was, you could be darn sure I'd care.
People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy.
What were you like," I asked her. "we're you happy? Or were you smiling because they told you to?
We keep grinning 'til the weekend comes, just a pinch between your cheek and gum, all night long.
Everybody who's been on television more than once wears in public an expression of fatuous affability. Because you may be addressed at any moment by somebody.
Now smile a real smile for me so I know you're not suffering inside.
…and you smile back and try not to think about the fact that you have nothing, absolutely nothing, to say to each other.
Even if I'm not having the best time in a social situation, I'll force a smile.
If you do not smile, you are judged lacking in a 'pleasing personality' - and you need to have a pleasing personality if you want to sell your services, whether as a waitress, a salesman, or a physician.
I'm just tired of having to say 'cheese' all the time for the press.
