In a way, I have to have a dictatorship. I can't be told that I'm wrong. That conflicts … - Trevor Nunn

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Trevor Nunn

In a way, I have to have a dictatorship. I can't be told that I'm wrong. That conflicts with what I was saying earlier about listening. It isn't to do with receiving criticism and responding to other views, it's who has that last decision.

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