Nick Toren, a slim young actor with a fine, resonant speaking voice and a rich-kid-brought-to-earth aspect that suits the circumstances of his character, is terrifically appealing in his balancing of the eager hedonism of a young soldier and the courtliness of a gentleman that he may not have known he possessed.
During the program, Mr. Imus said that some people considered Mr. Cheney to be like Slim Pickens, the actor in the movie "Dr. Strangelove" who rode the atomic bomb dropped on Russia as if it were a bucking bronco.
In response to a call by the writer James Baldwin for his fellow Americans living in Paris to support the civil rights march, more than a hundred people — including the blues musician Memphis Slim and the actor William Marshall — crowded into the club for a meeting.
It's slim pickings," the actor acknowledged.
The film's viewers can still detect the original line on the lips of actor Slim Pickens.
The same tools used to slim down an actor can also be employed to bulk him or her up.
The fitness expert who helped John Goodman has explained how the Roseanne actor slimmed down to a healthy weight after years of struggling with his eating habits.
The plot of the play, a co-production with the Hispanic theater company Intar (where Mr. Machado is artistic director), is slim, but the actors are strong, and their give-and-take feels natural.
While the superhero has retained her spectacular proportions in print, she is played on the big screen, in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, by the slim and athletic Israeli actor Gadot, who has faced criticism from the meathead corner of the internet for not being bosomy enough for the role.
Although an actor, he slims down dialogue, enjoying his neatly ironed narration.
