Why did Preston Sturges decide to become a director?

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Preston Sturges decided to become a director because he was deeply disappointed by the way director Mitchell Leisen handled his script for the 1937 film Easy Living. This experience motivated Sturges to take control of his own work, leading him to persuade Paramount executives to allow him to direct his next screenplay, which became the acclaimed comedy The Great McGinty (1940).1