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Creating Behavior podcast is a source of inspiration for the serious actor, a reference point for all of you who have the vision of being a respected artist. A show for those of you who have a yearning to illuminate the human condition in all its aspects. Charlie Sandlan, owner and Master Teacher of the Maggie Flanigan Studio in NYC, is one of the best acting teachers in the United States. He will share with you what has up to now, only been available to the students of his NYC classroom. Ea ...
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Send us a text Greetings fellow daydreamers! After a six month break Charlie is back with season 5 of Creating Behavior! This week Charlie kicks off with a solo episode. He discusses the careers of Gena Rowlands, Alain Delon, and the director/producer Roger Corman. Charlie shares some of the television that he thinks you should watch, along with a …
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Send us a text Well fellow daydreamers, another sixteen episodes in the can! In this season's final episode, Charlie shares some thoughts on the actor Barry Keoghan and his performance in Saltburn, the movie American Fiction, and a new book called Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions, by the director Ed Zwick. Of course it would not be a season finale …
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093 A Face of Anxiety Pt. 4
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Send us a text It's that time again fellow daydreamers for Charlie's wife Trish Barillas to sit down for another episode of A Face of Anxiety. Only this time Trish wanted to turn the tables, so this week she's taking over CBP to interview Charlie. Trish shares some insights and tips on navigating mental health and anxiety, and how to fight for your…
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092 Answering an Important Question
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Send us a text At some point you'll have to ask yourself, do you just love acting, or do you love pursuing a professional acting career? This week Charlie has a conversation with his former student Isha Blaaker, who has answered this question. Isha talks about what he learned working with Tyler Perry, and his incredible experience bringing to life …
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091 Let's Talk About an Iconic Career
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Send us a text Another solo episode fellow daydreamers! This week Charlie discusses the legacy of Norman Lear, thoughts on the NYC production of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea with Chris Abbott and Aubrey Plaza, and the movies May/December and Past Lives. Charlie also shares some insights from the actress Sandra Hűller on how she approached playing a …
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090 Actors Are Like Boxers
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Send us a text This week Charlie talks with his dear friend and grad school classmate Lawrence Ballard. Charlie and Larry discuss the use of a racial slur in a structured scene work exercise in the first year of their grad school training in 1998. The impact it had on Larry, on Charlie, and on the rest of their class is talked through with vulnerab…
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089 The Power of Manifestation
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Send us a text This week Charlie talks to his former student, actor and recording artist Ellis Melillo about her EP release Cry Wolf. Ellis went to a Brittney Spears concert with her dad at the age of five at Jones Beach. For over two decades she saw herself on that stage performing to a sold out crowd. Charlie and Ellis talk about that dream comin…
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088 Notes From Acting Class
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Send us a text It's another solo episode this week fellow daydreamers! This week Charlie talks about the importance of digging into the past with two silent films, Buster Keaton's masterpiece Sherlock Jr., and the 1932 cult classic Freaks by Tod Browning. There's also some thoughts on Timothée Chalamet, and Theater for a New Audience's current prod…
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087 How Am I Ever Going to Get There?
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Send us a text Acting is a collaborative art form, and for an actor, the most important collaboration is with the writer, the playwright or screenwriter. Their process of getting an idea to the page is no less a creative struggle. This week Charlie shares a talkback from the Maggie Flanigan Studio in NYC with Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awa…
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086 Age is Just a Number
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Send us a text We look at age completely differently in our 20's than we do in our 50's. This week Charlie talks to his former student Gene Pope, who didn't begin serious acting training until he was almost 60. Charlie and Gene talk about the winding path that ultimately lead him into the classroom, the successes and failures along the way, and the…
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085 How to Go Down a Rabbit Hole
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Send us a text Time for another solo episode fellow daydreamers. This week Charlie shares one way he exercises his intellectual curiosity. Most recently, it started with an article about the playwright Jeremy O Harris, and how that led to a deep dive into the artist Kara Walker, the great fashion icon André Leon Talley, Manet, Audre Lorde, and MLK'…
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084 Start with Mimicking Your Heroes
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Send us a text This week Charlie talks with professional film & television writer Graham Roland, whose most recent accomplishments include co-creator of Amazon's hit series Jack Ryan, and the creator of the excellent AMC series Dark Winds. Graham has been in the writer's rooms of some of televisions best shows, including Prison Break, Lost, and Fri…
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083 Learning to Love Yourself
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Send us a text This week Charlie talks with photographer Jamie Schofield Riva on her new book Girlhood: Lost and Found. An artistic career unfolds in ways we cannot anticipate, but Jamie did know a few things for sure, she wanted to be a mother, and she wanted a serious creative life. Charlie and Jamie talk about how that was possible, along with a…
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082 The Importance of American Theater
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Send us a text It's a solo episode this week fellow daydreamers. Charlie talks about the importance of embracing artistic heroes, championing those artists whose artistry and courage lay a roadmap for living a significant creative life. Charlie shares his thoughts on a few of his: William Friedkin, Ron Cephas Jones, Paul Reubens and Sinéad O'Connor…
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081 Are You Up for This Life?
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Send us a text There's a lot to learn about sustaining a professional artistic career, beyond the training. This week Charlie talks with his former student Kris Sidberry, who has been carving out a serious career for over a decade. Kris shares the mistakes, the lessons learned, and the need to accept that your career will most likely not go the way…
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080 The Man in the Desert
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Send us a text For our first conversation of season four, Charlie welcomes Steven Melendez, Artistic Director of New York Theater Ballet. Steven shares how his life has come full circle, now leading the organization that shaped the entire course of his life. Charlie and Steven discuss the powerful upcoming documentary Lift directed by David Peterse…
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Send us a text Hello Fellow Daydreamers! After a five month hiatus, Charlie is back for another season. We start with a solo episode, where Charlie discusses the acting on Succession, the career of Pedro Pascal, and the importance of getting a grip on your mental health if you want to pursue a professional acting career. He also shares some thought…
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Send us a text We've come to the end of Season 3 fellow daydreamers! This week Charlie wraps up the last sixteen episodes with some favorite clips from his guests. He also shares a few thoughts on Michelle Williams acting in The Fablemans, and Andrea Riseborough's extraordinary performance in To Leslie. CBP will be back in May with Season 4! In the…
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077 A Face of Anxiety Pt. 3
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Send us a text It's the second to last episode of Season 3 fellow daydreamers, so it's time for another visit from Charlie's wife Trish Barillas. It's been a year since Trish last came on CBP, and this week they discuss the past year, along with thoughts on aging parents, anxiety, and Trish's decision to let go of her frozen eggs and donate them to…
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076 Your Voice, Your Art, and You
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Send us a text Our voice is the most intimate part of human expression. It is formed over decades of parenting, socialization, and trauma. Our physical alignment and muscle tension create the speaking pattern that we function from day to day. If you want to be a transformational actor, then you need extensive and disciplined work to unlock the way …
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075 Doing What Scares You
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Send us a text It's a solo episode fellow daydreamers. This week Charlie talks about his appreciation for artists that dive into work that scares the hell out of them. He discusses Jonah Hill's documentary Stutz, the current Broadway production of Topdog/Underdog, Howard Stern's Springsteen interview, the actress Emma Corrin, and the playwright Adr…
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074 I Did That, What's Next?
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Send us a text What happens after you hit a major artistic goal? How do you navigate success, and also grapple with what happens next? This week Charlie talks with his former student Guy Lockard, who is currently figuring that out. Guy and Charlie talk about his series regular role as Dr, Dylan Scott on NBC's hit show Chicago Med, and how he is nav…
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Send us a text Take a second and Google the alumni who have come out of NYU, Yale, Juilliard, Brown, and serious Meisner training programs like Charlie's. The majority of accomplished actors have seriously trained their body and their voice. Developing a physical instrument that is capable of supporting and processing rich emotion will dramatically…
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Send us a text It's a solo episode this week fellow Daydreamers! What kind of art do you want to put into the world? Charlie talks about some of the important, provocative work that is currently being done. Andrew Dominick's Blonde and Ryan Reynolds Dahmer mini-series have stirred up some visceral responses, both positive and negative. Charlie shar…
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Send us a text One stat that is shocking to read is that less than 1% of all actors book at least thirty jobs over the course of a career. Only 30% book a second job! This week Charlie talks to award winning actress Andrea Osvárt, who has carved out an incredibly successful two-decade career both in America and throughout Europe. Charlie and Andrea…
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070 You Need to Give It a Decade
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Send us a text Pursuing a serious professional artistic career does not happen quickly. If it's something you really want, then you need to give it at least a decade of relentless pursuit. There will be many times that the idea of quitting and moving on to something else is palpable. This week Charlie talks to his former student Simone Serra, who h…
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069 Filling Up Your Inspirational Artistic Bank
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Send us a text It's easy to fall into a pattern of complacency when it comes to nourishing your intellectual curiosity. Just reading one article can lead you to an unexpected education on a number of things. In this weeks solo episode, Charlie shares what he's learned about the importance of Jean-Luc Godard, and the life of actress and activist Mar…
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068 Wait, I Can Have Kids and a Career?
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Send us a text How many of you have been told at some point that you have to choose, kids or career. You can't have both! Charlie talks with Tara Westwood. She got pregnant in her 20's during her training with Maggie, converted to Mormonism, and moved to Idaho to raise a family. Her journey back to NYC, her mission to finish training, pursue her ca…
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067 An Overpowering Necessity to Create
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Send us a text Building a community of friendships and professional relationships with people who inspire you, and challenge you intellectually and artistically will add to the value of your life. This week Charlie has a conversation with Jillian Marshall, whose first book Japanthem: Counter-Culteral Experience, Cross-Culteral Remixes came out earl…
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066 Don't Launder Your Imagination
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Send us a text It's a solo episode this week fellow daydreamers. Charlie shares his thoughts on the current work of Ben Foster, Rhea Seehorn, Giovanni Ribisi, Matthew Goode, and Taylor Sheridan, along with his thoughts on the latest Dave Chappelle special What's In A Name. Charlie also discusses a series of articles by the chief NY Times theater cr…
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065 Don't Sit Back and Wait
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Send us a text This week Charlie shares his conversation with former student Pooya Mohseni, who grew up a young boy in Iran, and ultimately immigrated to the US with her parents. Charlie and Pooya discuss growing up a non gender conforming boy in a theocracy, her transition journey, and the hard work its taken to become a first rate professional ac…
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064 Knocking Down Doors
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Send us a text Having a strong belief in yourself, refusing to give into a woe is me mentality, and having the temerity to really go after what you want is incredibly important if you are trying to carve out an artistic career. This week Charlie talks to his former student Rolando Chusan, who booked his first series regular role on the ABC series P…
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Send us a text Well fellow daydreamers, eight months seemed to fly by. In the season 3 premiere, Charlie talks about the career of William Hurt, important performances to check out, thoughts on the J-Lo documentary Halftime, and an appreciation of The Wire after 20 years. Charlie also shares his thoughts on the stunning painter Kahinde Wiley. CBP w…
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062 Season 2 Finale!
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Send us a text Hard to believe it's the end of season two. It's been an incredible eight months fellow daydreamers. In this season finale, Charlie talks about the tragic death of Halyna Hutchins, the controversy over Dave Chappelle, a few film recommendations, and some highlights of the last 30 episodes. And it wouldn't be a season finale without n…
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061 A Face of Anxiety Pt. 2
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Send us a text The most downloaded episode of season one was A Face of Anxiety with Charlie's wife Trish Barillas. A published author, professional anxiety, relationship, and life coach, Trish comes back on to talk about mental health, birth control, having children, and her obsession with reality television. It's a fascinating conversation about m…
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060 Your Dreams Can Come True
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Send us a text Every actor has those big dreams. The ones that make your heart skip a beat every time you fantasize about them. The big break. Imagine celebrating your best friends big break as a series regular on the SyFy hit show Resident Alien, and then end up booking the same show for all ten episodes of season one. This week Charlie talks to M…
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059 Thoughts on Artistic Courage
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Send us a text It's important to seek out artists who continually demonstrate the courage to prize their sense of truth, embrace their voice and work without apology. In this weeks solo episode, Charlie shares some thoughts on the Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, the new opera Fire Shut Up in my Bones by Terence Blanchard at the Met, the documentary Va…
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058 A Broadway Actor's Pandemic Experience
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Send us a text What were those first weeks of March 2020 like for the Broadway actor? This week Charlie talks with dancer, actor, and choreographer Reed Luplau who has been part of Moulin Rouge since its early workshop days in 2017. As theater reopens back in NYC after 18 months, Charlie and Reed talk about how he navigated this time, and the ways …
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057 The Blink of an Eye
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Send us a text It's very easy for us to lose perspective on our personal life struggles. But sometimes you meet someone who can help you put those in the right context. Our lives can change in the blink of an eye. How does one move forward after personal tragedy? This week Charlie talks with actor Jo Marie Lawrence, who moved to NYC to pursue her c…
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Send us a text Are you comfortable being alone? As artists, solitude is an essential part of the creative process. Embracing silence, stillness, your thoughts and your daydreams can lead to inspiration. In this weeks solo episode, Charlie talks about the filmmaker Dianne Whelan and her 17,000 mile solo trek across the Trans Canada Trail. Charlie al…
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055 The Difference Between OK and Exceptionally Good
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Send us a text What separates the actors that consistently create vivid, organic, interesting human behavior at the highest level, and those that don't? What is the difference between just being OK at something, and operating with artistry? This week Charlie talks to his friend, and fellow teacher Victor Villar-Hauser, one of LA's most sought after…
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054 Confronting Our Imagined Consequences
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Send us a text What is a kaizen muse? This week Charlie talks to actress, musician, and kaizen muse Esma Kirim. As a creativity coach, Esma helps artists confront the lie we often tell ourselves, that we need permission from others in order to make decisions that will bring us joy. As creatives, how can we take incremental steps forward to help con…
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053 Fighting Self-Doubt and Fostering Confidence
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Send us a text In this week's solo episode Charlie answers some of your questions. Topics cover the HBO documentary Woodstock '99, how to look for and get the most out of private coaching, the ways to re-engage with your art form when life takes you away from it, and some thoughts on how to handle self-doubt and foster the confidence you need to su…
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052 Fighting the Need for Approval
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Send us a text Intervening with the need for approval is incredibly important for the creative artist. How many of you get caught up in working for the compliment, wanting to be liked, trying to give others what you think they want? This week Charlie talks to Joe Nicastro, who has been carving out an artistic life for almost a decade. Professional …
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051 Being Nice, Prepared, and On Time
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Send us a text Dierdre Friel is having quite a run lately; 19 episodes as the barista Ella on the hit show New Amsterdam, and currently her series regular role as Greta on the new Apple + show Physical staring Rose Byrne. Dierdre and Charlie talk about the big decisions she's made over her twenty year career, and how they led her to consistently wo…
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050 Answering the Big Question, What's My Type?
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Send us a text If you are an actor, you've probably stressed a lot about this question. What's my type? On this weeks solo episode, Charlie talks about how you should consider this question, and some ways to keep it from filling you with anxiety. Charlie also shares his thoughts on the importance of Nadine Labaki's film Capernaum, and the Cuban art…
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049 Engaging the Actor's Imagination
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Send us a text The imagination is the most important part of an artist's instrument. For the actor, activating and stimulating your imagination is the key to keeping you from the prison of conventionality. Actor's who are weighed down by practicality and pedestrian habits will always struggle to be interesting. This week Charlie talks to one of his…
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048 Approaching Acting Like an Athlete
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Send us a text Toby Sandeman was one of the best sprinters in England. He was a two-time gold medal winner at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships. After a successful modeling career, when Toby decided to dedicate himself to the craft of acting, he brought with him his athletic work-ethic. He has been grinding out a professional acting car…
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047 Appreciating Originality
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Send us a text It's a solo episode this week fellow daydreamers. Charlie shares his thoughts on Kevin Can F&%K Himself, Bo Burnham's Netflix special Inside, and Lin-Manuel Miranda's apology for colorism in his film In the Heights. He also catches you up on his home life, Julianne Nicholson's acting in Mare of Easttown, and even reads you an Elzabet…
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046 Embracing Your Authenticity
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Send us a text Mackenzie Lansing's excellent work in HBO's hit Mare of Easttown playing the bully Briana Delraso, wouldn't have been possible when she first came to NYC to pursue a professional acting career. What happens when you deny yourself the permission to function from your authenticity, from the fullness of who you are? Mackenzie talks abou…
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