There is also a caustic side of his personality that emerges when he is challenged.
Burns's decision to embrace reality TV came after he had spent years protesting that he would never do it ("I still have a career, and I don't really do reality," he said in 2003), but his outsized personality and caustic manner made him a natural.
Still, they weren't deterred – believing, perhaps, that those caustic elements of their candidate's personality wouldn't affect them.
The black-and-white film also doesn't have the trying supporting characters, and Frances has a winning personality that's less caustic and obnoxious than Dunham's Hannah.
But Donald Trump — with his garish personality, libertine attitude and caustic rhetoric toward immigrants, women and others — has caused many church members to search their souls and rethink their longstanding political allegiance, reshaping the presidential map in dramatic and unexpected ways.
Its pages are filled with vulgar caricatures and caustic humor, lampooning politicians, entertainers and media personalities of all stripes, and the newspaper has found itself a frequent presence at Paris courts, accused on several dozen occasions of defamation or inciting hate.
Their personalities ranged from the charismatic Herman Edwards to the caustic Bill Parcells.
They noticed one personality recurring constantly in children's roleplay: Simon Cowell, the charismatic, caustic Svengali who could silence studio audiences with a regal wave of his hand.
Or if she does, her caustic wit is betraying that, etching out a cynical and sometimes cruel personality that keeps raising doubts about Foster's illness.
Letterman could get around that with his "dig your own grave" approach, which found him being as rude and caustic to guests as possible, but Colbert doesn't seem to have that level of acidity in his personality.
