Mr. Scherer, adept at both girlish prancing and he-man swagger when called upon, often comes across not just as a hysterically nervous character but as a desperately hyperactive actor straining to elicit laughs.
As a person, West was often described as an introverted and nervous character, but who also drew highest praise for his uncompromising work ethic.
After Hot Spot's five-week run, Furth returned to Hollywood, where he specialised in nerdish or nervous characters.
With its nervous characters trying to figure out how not to look like terrorists, "Bus" features a slowly escalating absurdity that recalls the humor of a Joe Orton comedy.
In a phone interview Ms. Poehler, her frequent writing partner, said: "Even though Wiig plays a lot of quirky, nervous characters, she's really like a very solid person, like a real rock.
The second, "Un poco agitato," in A major, is more nervous in character, with spirited lines that rise and fall.
What seemed to define the group to me was a kind of nervous Alpine character, a lively acidity, pale color and lightness of touch that made the wines feel fresh and vivacious.
In this sneakily allegorical work, which takes place on two floors of an art gallery, a nervous English character is played simultaneously by the strangely calm and hypnotic pair of actors, Mr. Crouch and Hannah Ringham, who alternate speaking lines.
And Yvonne Strahovski's nervous spite her character is at the top of the oppression pyramid and still has nothing connects her to Offred almost despite herself.
He watched Mr. Heidecker's nervous-comic character act from the shadows.
Your favorite shy, always-nervous cartoon character is the perfect throwback costume for Halloween this year.
