Slick and charming, he looks and sounds every inch the entrepreneur - he printed his first business card at 11, and says, 'Me personally?' when asked a question, before delivering the smoothest reply.
But because of his rank and his rumpled, straightforward manner, he gets better performance reviews from reporters than Mr. Fleischer, whose smooth, studied replies can come off as unctuous.
He's very smooth," Cruz replied.
He doesn't give smooth, on-message replies.
He began calling him The Big Smooth, to which Shanahan replied, "I kind of like the name Brendan".
"I did a Guinness commercial here," Mr. Fassbender replies, in a smooth brogue.
"I'm very happy with the opportunities I've had," she replies, adding in a smooth, theatrically sexy voice: "Maybe I'll only do love stories from now on".
The boy replied, "I wish you smooth sailing and I'll see you tomorrow".
"Gordon," the First Secretary replied in his silky smooth voice, "you will find that there are briefings, there are leaks, and then there is seepage.
"That's a personal issue that concerns my private life, my family and no one else," Dati replies, her voice level and smooth.
Asked about reports that representatives of the French government had accompanied Peugeot executives on a delegation to China to smooth the way for a deal, Mr. Moscovici replied: "We are completely invested in the fate of this company".
