Sherri was selected on the basis of poise, character, community relations and grade-point average.
I'm curious, since you write so much about characters poised on the verge of change, whether you ever imagine them as adults, or later on in life?
Pierce Brosnan came to fame playing poised and imperturbable characters such as 007 and Remington Steele, the suave private investigator of the hit 1980s television series.
Jules and Bobby Cobb weren't always the cultured, poised "Cougar Town" characters we know and love.
And as Garry's wife, Liz, Burton is a model of good sense and strong character, poised and maternal.
Meadow, the Sopranos' smart and spoiled high school senior daughter, is the pivotal figure in that theme, the character poised to cross class lines and escape the Sopranos' tacky, violent world.
It was seen as one of his finest hours and revealed his character — poised, empathetic and in charge.
Out of this bubbling mélange comes an unexpectedly powerful and bittersweet taste of our post-imperial moment; the fractious household can be read as a metaphor for America, its characters perilously poised between remembering and forgetting, between community and atomization.
Like a leading lady, the Gere character is poised and graceful, always aware that he's being looked at.
Remember near the end of Season 1 of "Game of Thrones," when Eddard Stark, a main character, was poised to lose his head?
Ms. Bledel seems far too lovely and poised to portray her character, giving no hints of any real bruising underneath the blooming surface, and Mr. Elgort is stiffer than his crisp blue jeans in the crucial role of Caleb.
