"As my mother would say," he said, a gentle grin finally creeping across his face, "Just another thing in the house to dust".' Dana Thomas.
He used to be something of a big deal on the mixed martial arts circuit, and now, to make some extra money — and perhaps also to find an outlet for the rage that simmers behind his kindly eyes and gentle grin — he fights for cash in parking lots.
His final cry of "Irene!" is a celebratory howl, echoing Marlon Brando's desperate "Ste-lla!" The menacing persona which made Johnson the stage bodyguard of Dr Feelgood's late singer, Lee Brilleaux, feels less real than usual tonight, amidst gentle grins that suggest he is starting to recover from his loss.
His broad grin, gentle reserve and air of appreciative good fortune always made it look easy to be Peter Lieberson, but his scores reveal the tectonic tensions and roiling core beneath his courtly exterior.
A gentle, tight-lipped smile is more appropriate when greeting someone at a funeral than a boisterous, teeth-showing grin.
Here comes the bit that will divide Apatow's audience and (he hopes) get them arguing over the movie: Alison decides to inform the father and, little by little, to enfold him and his oafish, froggy grin in the gentle business of parenting.
Zuckerman Gary Sinisee, his gentle face frozen in a diffident grin) has retreated to a lakeside cabin in New England, hoping to find peace and quiet after two divorces and a bout of prostate cancer.
He was a whirlwind of handshakes, wide grins, have-a-terrific-days and gentle requests for a vote on Tuesday.
With a helping hand and grin, Mr. Ballmer joked: "So much for the kinder, gentler Ballmer.
So rest assured: your voices are being heard, your opinions noted.At some point my grinning mug will appear on the Awards website; please be gentle if you then decide to comment.
Off-duty, his features default to a gentle lived-in-ness: soft grey eyes, crow's feet etched by frequent beaming grins.
