"The only job that was ever of interest to me other than filmmaking is architecture.“

-Christopher Nolan

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"But in the back of my mind I've always looked to the biggest-scale Hollywood movies. Because to me the most satisfying experience is of watching a movie, if it's done really well. And so that aspiration is always it for me, if I have the opportunity to do it."

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