Sentences with phrase «as sleazy»

When The New York Times learned of this, it painted Ackman as a sleazy opportunist.

Now that you have your partnership planned, how do you market your charitable involvement without coming off as sleazy or self - congratulatory?

I don't mean that as a sleazy thing.

Though still months from release, its latest demo build is still as sleazy, gritty, brutal, horrific, sharp and gleefully enjoyable as ever.

How do you promote and engage in a manner that isn't perceived as sleazy or pushy?

As a top celebrity biographer and celebrated writer, Grobel gives readers an inside look at some of his most personal behind - the - scenes moments with his subjects, all without coming across as a sleazy gossip monger or a commonplace name dropper.

As sleazy as this sounds, there are vanity models out there that work on this exact principle.

I'm always afraid I'm going to come off as a sleazy car salesman when I'm talking about my books.

Some come across as sleazy from the get - go... your warning lights are flashing and you know to be cautious or turn and run.

The concept of the used car salesperson has taken a hit over the years, as they are sometimes stereotyped as sleazy or selling bad cars at artificially high prices.

CONSUMER PROBE Dan Aykroyd as sleazy toymaker Irwin Mainway, who peddled such decidedly unsafe children's products as «Bag O» Glass,» «Mr. Skin Grafter» and «Doggy Dentist,» was a dark - hearted delight.

Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas are perfectly matched as the city girl and the roughneck adventurer on the trail of a lost emerald in the Colombian jungle, while Danny DeVito adds welcome comedy value as a sleazy criminal klutz.

Martin Freeman is also likable as a sleazy jerk that eventually warms up and catches legitimate feelings for her.

Quaid is actually cast here quite perfectly as a sleazy farming version of a business shark (i.e. the type Nicholas Cage usually plays).

Danny DeVito is also perfectly cast as a sleazy reporter who really loves his job.

John Goodman gets to have fun as the sleazy Southern lawyer, oozing nastiness and terrifically parodying the blood - sucking lawyer (although again, jokes going directly over young one's heads).

Michael Caine, always interesting to watch, gave a wonderful performance as a sleazy performance manager in «Little Voice,» so creepy you could all but smell the booze and sweat on him.

Bullock does well with a one - dimensional role, Kidman has a ball as the sleazy, life - gobbling Gillian, and Wiest and Channing are curious and cantankerous and lovable as the aunts.

As the sleazy Jaxx, Cruise looks and sounds seriously impressive, while Zeta - Jones nearly bursts with righteous rage as she belts out her numbers.

There are certainly instances that nail the tone Miller was looking for: Bradley Whitford as a sleazy record exec, blowing coke and asking for moist towelettes, elevates the film anytime he's onscreen, while there's a certain pleasure in seeing actors like Rupert Grint, Justin Bartha, and Joel David Moore tap into displays of obnoxious punk behavior.

We came for the spandex and hairspray, for Alison Brie's impeccable comic timing and for the out - of - left - field casting of comedian Marc Maron as a sleazy manager of a low - budget wrestling show, circa 1980.

Jack Nicholson is a lot of fun as the President of the United States but fizzles as a sleazy Las Vegas hotel developer.

However, Touch deserves some credit for a compelling opening scene and an odd turn by Paul Mazursky as a sleazy, profane record exec.

Then we have Guy Ritchie, as Killian, who is perfect, as the sleazy businessman, with a vendetta against Tony Stark.

While Keanu popping up as sleazy hotel manager initially seems to play as a quick laugh he totally makes you buy into his absolute ickiness and does some impressive work in some of the films more intense scenes.

Arkin leads a great ensemble as the sleazy Roat, the most dangerous of the gang and does an intensely unsettling job as the conniving killer that is a part so atypical for the actor.

, a very smart indie drama about cross-cultural exchange, these particular qualities emerge during an «American English» class in Tokyo, one held in a cavernous, neon - lit studio that likely doubles as a sleazy massage parlor.

«Ace in the Hole» (1951, Billy Wilder) Kirk Douglas stars as a sleazy reporter who will go to any length to restart his career.

As a sleazy, womanizing, quasi-sociopath with a genius for taking advantage of everyone he comes into contact with, he is inventive and gleeful, using his good looks against the character.

Buck is as sleazy as the movie itself; a psychopathic sex addict who frequents the local brothels and even stops in at Judd's hotel for a night, one which he shall not soon forget.

Hugely underrated is Bill Paxton as the sleazy used - car salesman that Arnold believes his wife is cheating on him with.

Still, Pipe Dream is - more often than not - an engaging little comedy that undoubtedly stands as a testament to Donovan's ample talent and charisma (it goes without saying that, in lesser hands, his character surely would've come off as a sleazy scumbag).

Colombe is great as the sleazy Stan and Kevin Janssens is also very good as Richard, whose affable exterior and good looks mask a genuine monster.

Just about as sleazy as you are going to get for a Lifetime movie, which is to say, hardly at all!

Samuel L. Jackson, who did a star turn in «Pulp Fiction,» has almost as rich a part as a sleazy security guard in «Hard Eight,» but is content to stay in the background until his time comes.

[It's got] Neve Campbell and Denise Richards making out, all the plot twists and double - crossing of a James Ellroy novel, Neve Campbell and Denise Richards having a catfight in a swimming pool and Bill Murray as a sleazy neck - brace - wearing lawyer.

Lithgow and Aykroyd are fun to see as the sleazy «candidate creators,» recalling Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche's Duke brothers from Aykroyd's «Trading Places» and the Koch brothers.

No new acting ground is broken here, as the main comedy of the film comes about as the sleazy Pratt adapts to any view that keeps him in power.

Rounding out the sterling cast, Sebastian Stan embodies Tonya's first love / husband / ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, as a sleazy, if seemingly harmless, dummy with a volatility and violent streak while still managing to bring extra layers to him; Paul Walter Hauser is hilariously moronic as wannabe secret agent Shawn Eckhardt; Julianne Nicholson is felicitous casting, looking like every skating coach, and excellent in her own right as the warm Diane Rawlinson; and McKenna Grace (2017's «Gifted») brings a touching sense of heartache to young Tonya, especially as she pleads for her father to stay as he leaves his daughter with LaVona.

Lillian describes the men shes met on US - based dating sites as sleazy,.

The voters could easily switch to the LibDems (Calamity Clegg he may be but he appeals to women whilst Vince Cable comes across as well informed and sensible), the Greens (the fruits of a quarter of a century of green propaganda in our state schools and the Greens are the only party not seen as sleazy), the BNP (as the depression bites and unemployment rises, immigration will become a huge issue) or UKIP (Nigel Farage, the ace communicator, dispenses common sense in a straightforward manner and UKIP will become prominent in the EU Parliament elections next spring).

An ICM survey for Newsnight suggests that twice as many voters see Gordon Brown as sleazy (57 %) as see David Cameron as sleazy (28 %).

Even on the eve of winning a second majority in 2001, two thirds of the public already regarded his government as being just as sleazy and untrustworthy as the dying days of Major.

The SNP has operated from the moral high ground for years, characterising Labour and Tory opponents as sleazy and self - interested.

Many of them come off as sleazy, cold and corrupt, with plastic smiles and limp handshakes.

Not exact matches

While moves like executive producing the «CODE» documentary may help, Rucker suspects that it's the internal changes at GoDaddy — such as hiring Murphy — that will ultimately determine whether the company is able to escape its sleazy past.

As successful as he's been at creating an iconic — though mildly sleazy — brand, he's proven to be an erratic, free - spending CEAs successful as he's been at creating an iconic — though mildly sleazy — brand, he's proven to be an erratic, free - spending CEas he's been at creating an iconic — though mildly sleazy — brand, he's proven to be an erratic, free - spending CEO.

Trump Jr., as well as being at the center of the personal corruption that forms the heart of Trump - era governance, has long been his father's bridge to the sleaziest portions of the right - wing internet.

A commenter who identified as Corse, called a commenter he disagreed with a «sleazy bit of trash.»

I sure hope the next time Bill Maher makes one of his insulting, snarkiy, sleazy comments the media and the Left (that's sort of redundant) go as ballistic.