Noah Wyle Quotes

United States, Actor
June 4, 1971

Noah Strausser Speer Wyle (/ˈwaɪli/) is an American film, television, and theatre actor. He is known for his roles as Dr. John Carter in ER and as Tom Mason in Falling Skies. He has also played Steve Jobs in the docudrama Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999), Dr. Kenneth Monnitoff in Donnie Darko (2001), and Flynn Carsen in The Librarian franchise.

After having played serious drama for so long, I needed to scratch the itch of versatility.

Noah Wyle
- Play
- Drama
- Versatility
Science fiction, in its purest form, for me, it works the best when it's being used as metaphor to look at something from a one-step-removed process, to give a little objectivity and insight into something that, if you were applying it on the face of it, we'd all be too close to.

Noah Wyle
- Process
- Fiction
- Metaphor

I find directing so incredibly rewarding and challenging and humbling and exciting and engaging. Scenes become challenging. Actors bring out the best of you. Circumstances demand you dig deep.

Noah Wyle
I'm thinking about naming my first son Emmy so I can say I've got one. I want Emmy, Oscar and Tony - and my daughter Grammy.

Noah Wyle
- Son
- Daughter
- Naming
I'm a guy who never wanted to hold a steady job, because I was worried about the monotony.

Noah Wyle
- Job
- Guy
- Monotony
With any project, but especially in television, I always try to look at where the character is starting from and where he's going to end up, and try to find the biggest arc that makes it the most exciting to play.

Noah Wyle
I'm a huge history buff. It was no hardship to read history textbooks for homework.

Noah Wyle
- History
- Read
- Buff
I think when you are named Noah, you are destined for a certain way of life.

Noah Wyle
- Life
- Way
- Name

'ER' was an all-consuming universe, but I don't have a single regret. It gave me some of the greatest friendships I have and afforded me one of the rarest commodities in an actor's life, which is the financial security to pick and choose jobs for factors besides the paycheck.

Noah Wyle
I'm a product of the city for sure.

Noah Wyle
- City
- Product
Going forward, I have four different ways of approaching what I want to do - I can generate my own material by writing. I can produce, direct, act, or do a combination of these things, mixing it up.

Noah Wyle
- Act
- Direct
- Material