”Because I’m on stage.”
– Michael Douglas, responding to query on his recent Stage 4 throat cancer diagnosis on the Late Show with David Letterman.
Douglas is in the midst of radiation and chemotherapy treatment. Telling the drama of the dilemma in a calm, collected manner. Plugging the new movie Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. Pausing occasionally to sip from a water bottle.
Letterman is in awe of his aplomb. ”…But you look so good and you don’t sound like you have throat cancer. Why is that”?
A real-life Oscar-winning moment in the category of grace under pressure. How to perform if you’re in the hot seat — whether it’s a job interview, Senate hearing or analyst conference call.
September 2, 2010