{"id":59,"date":"2016-07-13T14:36:55","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T14:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ziticards.com\/blog\/?p=59"},"modified":"2024-04-03T05:25:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T05:25:46","slug":"5-celebrities-that-wanted-to-be-architects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ziticards.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/13\/5-celebrities-that-wanted-to-be-architects\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Celebrities That Wanted to Be Architects"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s nearly impossible to imagine Friends without Courtney Cox, Pulp Fiction without Samuel L.\u00a0Jackson, or Simon without Garfunkel, but these 5 notable figures had hopes of being “starchitects” before they ever dreamed of being celebrities.<\/p>\n

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  1. Courtney Cox:<\/strong> Before starring as the beloved Monica Geller on Friends, Courtney Cox studied\u00a0architecture at Mount Vernon College in Washington, D.C. Cox abandoned her original course\u00a0of study in order to pursue a career in modeling and acting, which obviously paid off.<\/li>\n
  2. George Takei<\/strong>: George Takei\u2019s original college pursuits centered on studying architecture. After having graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, he went on to earn his Masters of Arts in theater from UCLA. And it\u2019s a good thing he did, because we simply can\u2019t conceive of anyone else at the helm of the Star Trek USS Enterprise.<\/li>\n
  3. Samuel L. Jackson:<\/strong> We can\u2019t imagine any other actor playing the role of Jules in Pulp Fiction or Zeus in Die Hard: With A Vengeance, so we\u2019re glad that Samuel L. Jackson changed his Morehouse College major from architectural studies to dramatic arts.<\/li>\n
  4. James Stewart:<\/strong> Before he starred in such classic films as Rear Window and It\u2019s A Wonderful Life, James Stewart studied architecture at Princeton University. His design of an airport terminal earned him a scholarship for graduate study, which he subsequently turned down in order to grace the silver screen with his debonair charm.<\/li>\n
  5. Art Garfunkel:<\/strong> Having produced and recorded the song \u201cSo Long, Frank Lloyd Wright,\u201d it comes as no surprise that Art Garfunkel had an interest in architecture. He studied architecture at Columbia University before going on to become one half of the dynamic singing\/songwriting team known as Simon and Garfunkel.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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