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.

When I did small films like Lily and Buenos Vista, everyone thought my career would be ruined.

I regret not doing a film that I was offered with Clark Gable because the script was not good enough.

I had two children. I had a nanny to manage my kids.

I seemed to belong to three countries: I had an apartment in Paris, a house in Hollywood, and when I married British theater director Peter Hall, I moved to London.

I went to Kerala in India, to learn Ayurveda, which was fantastic.

You have actresses like Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, who have roles specially written for them.