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.
Show episodes
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 b
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 approa
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 throug
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 t
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
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 Cri