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Noah Wyle says his grandfather attended a 1959 Caltech symposium on population explosion and concluded that water and land would be California's most precious resources.
“he went to a a symposium on population explosion in 1959 at Caltech. And he came away thinking that water and land are gonna be the two most precious resources in California.”
Noah Wyle says his grandfather bought a cattle ranch about an hour north of Fresno, near North Fork, which has stayed in the family.
“he found this piece of property about an hour north of Fresno, in the exact geographical center of California.”
Noah Wyle says he attended Northwestern University's summer Cherub theater program, after which he decided to skip college and pursue acting.
“I went away to do this theater program that's sponsored by Northwestern University in the summer program, called the Cherub program”
Noah Wyle says he bused tables at age 17 for Dimitri Dimitrov at the Bel Air Hotel.
“I worked for a man named Dimitri Dimitrov at the Bel Air Hotel.”
Noah Wyle says agent Eileen Feldman signed him based on a list of high school plays written on the back of an envelope.
“I signed with a wonderful agent, a woman named Eileen Feldman signed me basically with a list of plays on a back of an envelope that I had done in high school.”
Noah Wyle says the ER pilot script was originally written as a feature film script.
“she sent me the pilot's script for ER, which had been written as a feature script.”
Noah Wyle says he tested for ER against one other actor, Rafael Sbarge.
“I tested against one other actor, a gentleman named Rafael Sabat.”
Noah Wyle says he turned 22 while filming the ER pilot and was 21 when he auditioned.
“I turned 22 while we made the pilot, so I was 21 when I was auditioning for it.”
Noah Wyle left ER after its 11th season and returned for the final episodes, describing his exit as a divorce with visitation rights.
“even when I left after the end of the 11th season and left a few episodes in the balance, I called it a divorce with visitation rights.”
Noah Wyle says he doubted the storyline giving his ER character John Carter a drug addiction, but producer John Wells said the point was that addiction has every face.
“I remember thinking and telling John Wells, like, I don't know if I buy this, he goes. That's the point.”
Noah Wyle says a planned ER reboot did not happen, and that the near miss helped fast-track development of The Pitt.
“We were gonna start down an ER reboot road that didn't come to pass.”
Noah Wyle says Rob Reiner directed him in A Few Good Men and greeted him warmly on his first day.
“I got to the set early for my 1st day of work.”
Noah Wyle says The Pitt seats background patients early so they become featured characters hours later in the story.
“We intentionally have patients that are seated into the environment that don't pop until five or six hours later.”
Noah Wyle says he described The Pitt to its casting director as like an old Robert Altman movie, a rep-theater and summer-camp experience.
“It's like an old Altman movie, where you just you gotta throw in, like you're going to summer camp.”
Noah Wyle says his mother was an operating room nurse for ten years, then a chief orthopedic nurse at Kaiser in Hollywood.
“She was an operating room nurse for operating ten years, and room. then she was a chief orthopedic nurse at Kaiser in Hollywood.”
Noah Wyle says he initially doubted playing a history teacher turned alien fighter in Falling Skies before seeing the role as reflecting his own life.
“I remember the 1st time I read the pilot script for a show I did called Falling Skies.”
Noah Wyle says he travels with a case of DVDs and a player, including Columbo and MASH episodes.
“I carry with me the collected, uh, episodes of Columbo and Mash.”
Noah Wyle says he appeared in a pre-taped sketch with Julianna Margulies on Saturday Night Live and waved on stage while DMX was the musical guest.
“when Giuliana Margulies was the host, I did a pre taped sketch with her, so I got to go out on stage and wave”