
Creating Behavior with Charlie Sandlan
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. Each episode of Creating Behavior will explore the actor as artist. You’ll learn to establish a habit of creativity that will increase your empathy toward the human condition, deepen your understanding of craft and technique, and ignite the passion of instilling artistry into your life’s work. Join Charlie each week for a mix of solo shows and interviews, as he nourishes your intellectual curiosity, answers your questions about the art form, and inspires you to go the distance with yourself. Creating Behavior is the podcast that will give you everything you should consider if you have the desire to create organic, vivid, fully realized human behavior for a living.
Episodes
104 episodes
104 Season 5 Finale!
Well fellow daydreamers, another fantastic season of CBP has come to an end. Thank you to all of the actors and artists out there who have found this podcast to be a source of inspiration and a way to continually stimulate your intellectual cur...
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Season 5
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Episode 104
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1:08:17

103 A Face of Anxiety Pt. 5
Hard to believe it's time for Trish Barillas to come on for her 5th episode of CBP. We are winding down season five fellow daydreamers, and Trish once again has a lot to say. This time Charlie and Trish talk about some misconceptions people hav...
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Season 5
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Episode 103
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57:39

102 Yes, Be a Multi-Hyphenate!
Daydreamers! This week Charlie brings on actor, writer, composer, musician, playwright, and director Tyrone Robinson. Tyrone is a former MFS alum, and has been carving out a multi-faceted career for over two decades. Charlie and Tyrone discuss ...
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Season 5
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Episode 102
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58:34

101 Cry the Beloved Tears
Daydreamers! A solo episode this week. Charlie shares a few tidbits on human tears, and his thoughts on the films A Different Man, Emilia Pérez, and Anora. We've also lost a few titans of the art form in James Earl Jones and Maggie Smith. Charl...
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Season 5
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Episode 101
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44:31

100 The Butterfly Effect
Well fellow daydreamers, we've made it to episode 100, and Charlie decided to do something he's never done before - bring on a current student of his for a conversation. This week Charlie talks to Maggie Flanigan Studio second year student Tari...
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Season 5
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Episode 100
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1:11:19

099 There's No Easy Road
Daydreamers! Today Charlie shares his conversation with actress Francis Benhamou. Francis has been carving out a career for over two decades, and most recently earned critical acclaim for her Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk award winning performa...
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Season 5
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Episode 99
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1:03:11

098 Monsters Episode 5 The Hurt Man
It's a solo episode this week fellow daydreamers, and Charlie devotes all of it to The Hurt Man, the fifth episode of Ryan Murphy's Netflix series Monsters. The second season of this hit series focuses on the Menendez brothers and the murdering...
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Season 5
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Episode 98
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1:11:05

097 Work Begets Work
There's a certain amount of tenacity and grit you will need if you are going to carve out a professional creative life. The actor's journey never plays out the way you think or hope it will. This week Charlie talks to one of his best friends of...
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Season 5
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Episode 97
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45:16

096 Trauma is Our Teacher
Daydreamers! An artists path can take unexpected turns. The vision we have of our life and career when we start out can lead us to a life purpose we could not have imagined. We kick off our first conversation of season 5 with Charlie's former s...
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Season 5
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Episode 96
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55:43

095 Season 5 Premiere!
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 C...
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Season 5
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Episode 95
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42:05

094 Season 4 Finale!
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...
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Season 4
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Episode 94
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47:05

093 A Face of Anxiety Pt. 4
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...
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Season 4
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Episode 93
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1:38:38

092 Answering an Important Question
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 talk...
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Season 4
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Episode 92
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47:51

091 Let's Talk About an Iconic Career
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. Charli...
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Season 4
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Episode 91
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37:05

090 Actors Are Like Boxers
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 ...
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Season 4
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Episode 90
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1:23:44

089 The Power of Manifestation
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 ...
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Season 4
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Episode 89
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45:29

088 Notes From Acting Class
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. The...
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Season 4
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Episode 88
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40:49

087 How Am I Ever Going to Get There?
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 t...
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Season 4
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Episode 87
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44:18

086 Age is Just a Number
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 tha...
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Season 4
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Episode 86
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43:53

085 How to Go Down a Rabbit Hole
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...
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Season 4
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Episode 85
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37:26

084 Start with Mimicking Your Heroes
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...
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Season 4
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Episode 84
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51:31

083 Learning to Love Yourself
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 wante...
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Season 4
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Episode 83
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56:05

082 The Importance of American Theater
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 tho...
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Season 4
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Episode 82
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54:33

081 Are You Up for This Life?
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, t...
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Season 4
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Episode 81
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49:28

080 The Man in the Desert
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. ...
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Season 4
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Episode 80
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55:35
