starry-eyed

A lot of people come to L.A. starry-eyed with big dreams, but the film and TV industry can be pretty brutal.

Quigley’s Nina is a delight in the play’s early going, all innocence and starry-eyed enthusiasm.

If “Dawson’s Creek” was a mirror of Williamson’s starry-eyed years spent idolizing Steven Spielberg and dreaming of making it out of his small town, “The Waterfront” tells a murkier chapter of his family history.

In 2016 that starry-eyed naivete led to the deep despair that we all felt when Trump eked out a win over Hillary Clinton.

The thing is that Musk understands exactly what that would mean even if Trump's starry-eyed cult following is clueless.