| More irritable | 14 |
| More nervous | 12 |
| More anxious | 12 |
| More tense | 10 |
| More jittery | 12 |
| Less at ease | 12 |
| More antsy | 10 |
| More avant-garde | 16 |
| Not as equanimous | 17 |
| More testy | 10 |
| More provocative | 16 |
| Less calm | 9 |
| More restive | 12 |
| More nervously irritable | 24 |
| More hip | 8 |
| More "out there" | 26 |
| Less serene | 11 |
| Having more indie cred | 22 |
| Most nervous | 12 |
| Most provocative | 16 |
| Least relaxed | 13 |
| Most tense | 10 |
| Most high-strung | 16 |
| Most avant-garde | 16 |
| Most skittish | 13 |
| Tense | 5 |
| High-strung | 11 |
| Unconventional | 14 |
| Jumpy | 5 |
| Get well | 8 |
| Apt to snap | 11 |
| All wound up | 12 |
| Envelope-pushing | 16 |
| Skittish | 8 |
| Provocative | 11 |
| Nervously irritable | 19 |
| Trendsetting | 12 |
| Up-tight | 8 |
| Stressed out | 12 |
| Pushing the envelope | 20 |
| Experiencing jitters | 20 |
| All nerves | 10 |
| Showing strain | 14 |
| Impatient and anxious | 21 |
| Feeling tense | 13 |
| Boundary-pushing | 16 |
| Boldly provocative | 18 |
| Trend-setting | 13 |
| Restive | 7 |
| Pacing, perhaps | 15 |
| About to snap | 13 |
| Uncool? | 7 |
| Out there, in pop culture | 25 |
| Like a bundle of nerves | 23 |
| Innovative and daring | 21 |
| Having butterflies | 18 |
| Hardly calm or cool | 19 |
| Easily rankled | 14 |
| Unconventionally provocative | 28 |
| Raw-nerved | 10 |
| Quick-tempered | 14 |
| Pushing the boundaries of propriety | 35 |
| Provocatively stylish | 21 |
| Not mainstream | 14 |
| New-fangled | 11 |
| Nervous and worried | 19 |
| Neither cool nor collected | 26 |
| Likely to snap | 14 |
| Likely to offend some people | 28 |
| Like tense image | 16 |
| Like some performance art | 25 |
| Like some modern filmmaking | 27 |
| Like performance art, often | 27 |
| Like many an independent film | 29 |
| Like hip ads | 12 |
| Like fringe festival offerings | 30 |
| Like challenging art | 20 |
| Like bad boy image | 18 |
| Like avant-garde art | 20 |
| Having the jitters, perhaps | 27 |
| Exploring the bounds of propriety, as humor | 43 |
| Daring, in a way | 16 |
| Complimentary adjective for a comedian | 38 |
| A little "out there," as humor | 40 |
| "Apollo 13" actor | 27 |
| Star and director of the biopic "Pollock" | 51 |
| Sean Connery’s costar in “The Rock” | 47 |
| John McCain player on HBO | 25 |
| John Glenn's portrayer in "The Right Stuff" | 57 |
| John Glenn portrayer in "The Right Stuff" | 51 |
| John Glenn portrayer in ''The Right Stuff'' | 59 |
| John Glenn player in "The Right Stuff" | 48 |
| John Glenn in ''The Right Stuff'' | 49 |
| Jackson Pollock's player in "Pollock" | 51 |
| Jackson Pollack portrayer | 25 |
| He played John Glenn in 1983 and John McCain in 2012 | 52 |
| Costar of Jim Carrey in "The Truman Show" | 51 |
| Actor who has portrayed Jackson Pollock and John Glenn | 54 |
| (Non-gay) Best Actor nominee for "Pollock" | 52 |
| "The Truman Show" actor | 33 |