Smiles come naturally to me, but I started thinking of them as an art form at my command. I studied all the time. I looked at magazines, I'd practice in front of the mirror and I'd ask photographers about the best angles. I can now pull out a smile at will.

Allowing yourself to smile takes 99% of the effort.

Go, forget me - why should sorrow, O'er that brow a shadow fling? Go, forget me - and tomorrow, brightly smile and sweetly sing. Smile - though I shall not be near thee Sing - though I shall never hear thee.

To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman's smile - that is happiness.

When I take my kids out for dinner or lunch, people smile at us.

I truly believe my job is to make sure people smile.

It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile.

There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.

Just because a situation is grim doesn't mean you don't have every right to smile.

Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.