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His warm and approachable demeanor, mixed with his innate solemnness, made him attractive to filmmakers trying to explore darker themes and material in a subtle fashion.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024

There’s a kind of complexity and solemnness within it.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2022

We wanted to make sure that the solemnness, the seriousness of the occasion, came through.”

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2012

The severity and solemnness is just so much.

From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2011

A solemnness hung in the air after she said this, until eventually Mr Taylor said to me: 'Harry here does a lot of organizing for our local member.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro