You Are Beautiful with Lawrence Zarian
What makes you FEEL beautiful? This is the pivotal question stylist, author, designer and host Lawrence Zarian has asked the thousands of women and men who have come to him for his advice and guidance over his 25+ year career. As LZ says, "It’s not what you wear, it’s how you feel. And it’s not how you look, it’s how you LIVE."
In his new podcast, “You Are Beautiful with Lawrence Zarian”, LZ celebrates his guests from all walks of life exploring what makes them tick; in the past two years we’ve all had to pivot our lives in some capacity and there’s been this glorious time to regroup, refresh, reset, restart, and renew.
What is beautiful? This podcast digs in deep to each guest’s interpretation of the word to find out what used to be, versus what is now, what they have learned over the years in time of success, in time of struggle, EVERTHING in between, and of course what makes them FEEL…truly beautiful inside and out.
You Are Beautiful with Lawrence Zarian
Marco Calvani
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LZ opens the podcast with playful Italian banter and a warm introduction of guest Marco Calvani, praising his work as a playwright, filmmaker, actor, and director, including Netflix’s The Four Seasons (as Cloud) and his film High Tide. They recount meeting at the LA Magazine Pride event, discuss the importance of making people feel seen, and reflect on kindness, dismantling patriarchal thinking, and “surrendering to the unknown.”
Lawrence shares his sobriety and family history, while Marco describes losing his parents young, finding guidance through theater, later uncovering anger, and forming new ways of connecting with his parents’ memory. Marco names mentor “mothers” Francesca De Sapio and V (Eve Ensler), explains meeting his husband Marco Pigossi during the pandemic, and describes discovering fear, anxiety, and self-love that fueled his writing and career shift.
They touch on sibling dynamics, rapid-fire hypothetical questions, and close with affirmations of gratitude, plans for dinner, and a promise to collaborate creatively.
Menu:
- 00:00 Cold Open Banter
- 00:19 Italian Greetings Bit
- 01:33 Marco Calvani Intro
- 05:12 First Meeting Story
- 08:28 Finding Your Tribe
- 11:00 Being Seen and Kindness
- 13:43 Surrender to Unknown
- 15:25 Parents and Light
- 18:25 Theater as Lifeline
- 20:50 Anger and Healing
- 24:58 Chosen Family Mentors
- 29:46 Siblings and Notes
- 31:01 Twin Competition Journey
- 32:44 Brotherhood and Dating Twins
- 33:15 How Marco Met His Husband
- 35:33 Pandemic Self Discovery
- 38:12 Meditation and High Tide Breakthrough
- 39:50 Identity Trauma and Choosing Light
- 42:49 Protecting the Writer Within
- 46:31 Four Seasons Character Talk
- 48:52 Fun Hypotheticals and Dinner Guests
- 52:03 Mirror Questions and Beautiful Mantra
- 54:34 Work Together and Warm Goodbye
