Noah Wyle

We had all sorts of, you know, we've had academics, we've had athletes, and I was trying to find my identity in the midst of all that, and I ended up the storyteller.

I did. I went to a boarding school, the oldest boarding school in California, a school called the Thatcher School, founded in 1889. And when I was there my sophomore year, I auditioned for a play kind of as a joke, intentionally to go and kind of make fun of the process and ended up getting cast. And I just... took to it. I enjoyed the process more than that.

I did. I went to a boarding school, the oldest boarding school in California, a school called the Thatcher School, founded in 1889. And when I was there my sophomore year, I auditioned for a play kind of as a joke, intentionally to go and kind of make fun of the process and ended up getting cast. And I just... took to it. I enjoyed the process more than that.

I did. I went to a boarding school, the oldest boarding school in California, a school called the Thatcher School, founded in 1889. And when I was there my sophomore year, I auditioned for a play kind of as a joke, intentionally to go and kind of make fun of the process and ended up getting cast. And I just... took to it. I enjoyed the process more than that.

I enjoyed somebody telling me that I was good at it after the show. And that feeling of being told I was good at something was enough to make me want to continue doing it.

I enjoyed somebody telling me that I was good at it after the show. And that feeling of being told I was good at something was enough to make me want to continue doing it.

I enjoyed somebody telling me that I was good at it after the show. And that feeling of being told I was good at something was enough to make me want to continue doing it.

Also, growing up in Los Angeles, an acting career didn't seem like a foreign concept. You know, I knew that roadmap fairly well. So it all seemed within grasp.

Also, growing up in Los Angeles, an acting career didn't seem like a foreign concept. You know, I knew that roadmap fairly well. So it all seemed within grasp.

Also, growing up in Los Angeles, an acting career didn't seem like a foreign concept. You know, I knew that roadmap fairly well. So it all seemed within grasp.

Yeah, but how, I mean, in retrospect, how long was that period of time for me? So short. So short that it's almost ridiculous that I could have been impatient. The truth is I started when I was 19, and when I was 22 or 23, I did the pilot for ER and never looked back after that.

Yeah, but how, I mean, in retrospect, how long was that period of time for me? So short. So short that it's almost ridiculous that I could have been impatient. The truth is I started when I was 19, and when I was 22 or 23, I did the pilot for ER and never looked back after that.

Yeah, but how, I mean, in retrospect, how long was that period of time for me? So short. So short that it's almost ridiculous that I could have been impatient. The truth is I started when I was 19, and when I was 22 or 23, I did the pilot for ER and never looked back after that.

I'm really incredibly grateful to George, Anthony, and Tony. They were all 10 years older than I was and really took me under their wing like big brothers. To a certain extent, Sherry and Julianne as well.

I'm really incredibly grateful to George, Anthony, and Tony. They were all 10 years older than I was and really took me under their wing like big brothers. To a certain extent, Sherry and Julianne as well.

I'm really incredibly grateful to George, Anthony, and Tony. They were all 10 years older than I was and really took me under their wing like big brothers. To a certain extent, Sherry and Julianne as well.

I'm talking about the cast of ER, George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Eric LaSalle. So they were mentors and tutors to me in the early years. And I don't know how I would have handled all the success and the workload if I hadn't had such incredible role models around me showing me how to be professional.

I'm talking about the cast of ER, George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Eric LaSalle. So they were mentors and tutors to me in the early years. And I don't know how I would have handled all the success and the workload if I hadn't had such incredible role models around me showing me how to be professional.

I'm talking about the cast of ER, George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Eric LaSalle. So they were mentors and tutors to me in the early years. And I don't know how I would have handled all the success and the workload if I hadn't had such incredible role models around me showing me how to be professional.

No, I think it's very true. Well, the work was being recognized as groundbreaking and it lasted a long time. I took for granted how well run the show was and how smooth it was produced and produced. how well cared for I was in that ecosystem.