James Ivory comes close to the actors for the first rehearsal. He more or less lets you direct yourself and then will only correct you if he finds it incorrect.
“Without Hitler, the State of Israel probably would not exist today. To that extent he was probably the Jews' greatest friend.”
“We are in the entertaining business, they want to get autographs, they want to take something home, whether it's a signed hat or, you know, program or whatever it might be.”