Word: high-strung
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...safe, especially if you are a beginner with an easy-going horse on a guided trail-ride and you pay attention and wear a helmet. It only starts to get more dangerous as your ability increases and you try to do more and more (such as jumping) with more high-strung horses...
...harangues George will deliver, and at first he doesn't realize this one will get him in serious trouble, for he is talking himself into a lifetime sentence in Bedford Falls. Stewart seemed to spend most of his career on the threshold of puberty; the anguished ripple of a high-strung teenager was heard in each syllable. But here, through his carefully eccentric alternation of strangulated pauses and staccato paragraphs, in the almost imperceptible straightening of his body language from question mark to exclamation point, we see a footloose lad turning into a responsible young man--a rite of passage...
...focus can make him tough to be live with. Roommates say Ashong can be high-strung. It also made it difficult for his parents to understand why he would want to make the jump from music to acting last summer after he'd spent so much time composing and playing. In July, when Ashong announced he was thinking about looking for an acting agent, his parents were horrified...
...Clarke's high-strung, fast-paced approach presents a contrast to the rest of production, which is hindered by its pacing. The action and the dialogue are sometimes slow, making the play less powerful and often weakening the comedy. In scenes where the pacing is quicker and more appropriate for Stoppard's insightful repartees, like the game of "questions" played by Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, the play becomes more vibrant and engaging. But most of the time, the production relies on long dramatic pauses that leave the audience wondering what overwhelming thoughts have paralyzed the characters. Similarly, the amount of time...
...accident). Some directors praise the actor's craft and attitude. "Val gives you nuance piled on nuance," says Heat director Michael Mann. "I had a spectacular time working with him." But others hear the word Kilmer and reach for their revolver. "He isn't just a high-strung, difficult actor," says Joel Schumacher, who hired Kilmer for Batman Forever and apparently rued the day from Day 1. "He's a deeply troubled man in need of psychiatric help...