The Expert answers:
Cali Says: “When you go from behind the camera to the front, it changes your perspective and your comfort level. It is why coaches are great at coaching and not playing. Directors are good at giving orders and creating the product, not being onstage in the product. If you look at the video of Michael Bay above, in the beginning you can see he is nervous on that stage, in front of the camera. His aids probably told him to just read the words and you will be fine. Then the words, his safety net, were gone. Fight or flight kicked in and he fled. At The Addictions Coach and The Addictions Academy, we specialize in stress and anxiety. We can use behavioral modification techniques to assist in these events and others.”