This is not a show!" But he was equally stern with the lawyers, ordering them "not to bicker".
This week he broke his silence, ignoring an email from NHS-funded lawyers ordering him to respect the terms of the gagging order.
Under their lawyers' orders, they avoided bars and parties lest they be drawn into angry confrontations or be seen in situations that would create the appearance that they did not understand the magnitude of the Diallo tragedy.
After all, he did not come off particularly well in the movie, which centers on events in November 1995, when CBS's lawyers ordered "60 Minutes" not to show a segment about a tobacco-company whistle blower.
But at one point during the summer of 2002, current and former intelligence officials have said, C.I.A. lawyers ordered that the use of the harsh techniques by C.I.A. personnel be suspended until they were formally authorized by the Justice Department.
(Though it's possible he's following lawyers' orders in choice of wording, given sexism allegations are in the process of being investigated).
After the trial, Mr. Burns yells at his lawyers, ordering them to bring Homer and Marge to his house.
Back home in California, Mr. Shafi's lawyer ordered him not to talk to the F.B.I.
As a result, the chief military commissions defense lawyer ordered all military defense lawyers not to use their e-mail system until it can be made secure.
Two weeks later, they received an e-mailed letter from a lawyer, ordering them to cease and desist from using the 50 Best logo.
Mr. Dillner said he took the comments as personal threats and, after consulting with the company's lawyer, ordered the men dismissed.
