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Ep #13: Tony-Winner Reed Birney (The Humans, Casa Valentina, House of Cards, The Blacklist) on Actor Despair and Roles That Scare You

Published October 9, 2018 | Last Updated October 31, 2019 Leave your thoughts »

Reed Birney

Always tell the truth, but in the most interesting way possible. The range of human experience and expression is vast. There are many ways to react to a situation and still have it be utterly and deeply truthful. — Reed Birney   Welcome back to season 2 and I’m excited to have actor and teacher Reed Birney […]

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