Sentences with phrase «constricted budding author»

While literary editor Terry Crabtree still has the bad little boy smirk common to all Downey characters, his own issues are downright mild compared to Michael Douglas» Grady Tripp, a 50 - year - old professor, semi-professional pot - smoker, and neurotically stricken one - hit - wonder novelist, as well as Tobey Maguire's James Leer, an emotionally constricted budding author and semi-pathological liar.