Ryan Reynolds

Acting has given me a way to channel my angst. I feel like an overweight, pimply faced kid a lot of the time - and finding a way to access that insecurity, and put it toward something creative is incredibly rewarding. I feel very lucky.

Canadian Actor

Usually describes teenage skin, which is prone to acne and pimples.

Adolescent Skin

May have a negative connotation, implying undesirability or poor hygiene.

Negative Emotion

Considered informal, used more often in personal conversation than formal writing.

Informal Context

 and the sun began to move through the sky at last, ushering in the fifth age. Thanks to a pimply weakling whose fortitude inspired all the other gods, the sun moves along its daily path, the rabbit-faced moon following in its wake.

Pimply