Individually, the songwriters tend to come across as genial, good-natured, unpretentious characters who don't mind joking about themselves; Mr. Mayer cheerfully mocks the word "sensitive," even as his songs embody it.
His ripped jeans, shaggy hair and cheeky smile reflect a laid-back, unpretentious, likeable character who is quiet yet bubbly, private yet warm; a gentle Galactico with a kind, conscientious, intelligent personality that endears him to family, friends and the public alike.
Wilson has a plainspoken, unpretentious quality.
They are the sorts of wines I love to drink — pure and unpretentious but with character and depth.
Friends saw Lydia as an unpretentious Auntie Mame character; when she met Mel Brooks, she badgered him to marry her best friend, Anne Bancroft.
Despite his unpretentious manners and a character that Hugo commended as good and admirable, the poor got poorer, crime was rampant, and poverty was everywhere.
And in the opening and closing scenes, Bradley Cole as the newsman actually seems to make some sense of this story so long as he is telling it, and his enjoyment of his character's unpretentious valor is delicious.
It's unpretentious even when its characters are being ultra-pretentious.
Semple's Where'd You Go, Bernadette, was a breakout hit of 2013: funny, fresh and unpretentious, even though its main character was a very precocious young girl.
With its likable blue-collar characters and its unpretentious exuberance, "Everybody's Famous" is reminiscent of recent British comedies like "Brassed Off" and "The Full Monty".
