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I had become a film director because I thought I could express something in an artful way.

I would have liked maybe to be in architecture or painting, something connected to the fine arts.

I could have been an architect, but I don't think I'd have been very happy. Nearly all modern architecture is a silly game as far as I can see.

Directing a film was something I always wanted to do, something that seemed an inevitability in my development as an actor.

I would have loved to be the designer of the Capitol of the United States. I would love to do some important major public building.

I was going to be an architect. I graduated with a degree in architecture and I had a scholarship to go back to Princeton and get my Masters in architecture. I'd done theatricals in college, but I'd done them because it was fun.

I loved cinema while growing up and, for the longest time, wanted to be a director.

I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.