[ It's good thing he's pretty good at two things: both lying and keeping his cool while doing so. Otherwise, he'd be totally amused because while successful, he's...known to get a bit aggressive when he has to push too hard. So, it works because people don't usually bother messing with him. ]

It usually does, yes. But, if there's a case where it doesn't, at least it wasn't because I was trying to act a certain way for someone else.

[ Easy to say. ]

Sometimes people need someone to tell them something they need to hear, but may not like to hear.