high-strung

Mir, a high-strung anxious perfectionist, was written as more of the audience stand-in, the straight man.

“She has a palpable warmth,” Morrison writes, “and, like Michaels, has a knack for dealing with high-strung famous people.”

It’s a universe removed from his Emmy-nominated performance as the high-strung Chip in “The Morning Show” — but it’s a role he seems to relish.

In “Risky Business,” he was the high-strung pop of Cruise’s sneaky Joel Goodsen.

“Who shall say how far the high-strung, nervous, active temperament of the American people is due to the noise with which they choose to surround their daily lives?” the author asked.