As Dheepan, Antonythasan – in real life a novelist – is a more taciturn presence than Srinivasan, but equally impressive.
Ms. McFarland, 54, a former Pentagon spokeswoman during the Reagan administration, is more taciturn and white-glove than Mr. Spencer, but her aides have bashed him as an arch-conservative and a bigamist: While he was married and serving as mayor, Mr. Spencer had an affair and fathered two children with a top aide.
Thanks to the city's hierarchy and his own personality, in 12 years as chief of the Council, Mr. Vallone has tended to be overshadowed by mayors -- not just larger-than-life figures like Rudolph W. Giuliani and Mr. Koch, but even the more taciturn David N. Dinkins.
She was friendlier; he was more taciturn.
They want someone both tougher and (ideally) more taciturn.
Schulz was more voluble, detailed and thorough in response to questions, Juncker more taciturn.
The bass-baritone Falk Struckmann, a more taciturn stage presence as Bluebeard, expressed volumes through his nuanced singing.
Breckinridge's youth — he was only 35 — and his oratorical prowess complimented the older, more taciturn Buchanan.
"He became very much more taciturn, more difficult to talk to, more tense, more withdrawn," said his widow, Janice.
His new album, "Our Endless Numbered Days" (Subpop), turns old-fashioned folk music into something even plainer and more taciturn.
