I was not necessarily the best student. I was not necessarily the favourite kid. I wasn’t necessarily the most responsible or the most ambitious, and suddenly, when you get given celebrity, you get anointed with all these lovely qualities that you don’t have, necessarily, but everyone assumes you must because you’re successful. Noah Wyle Read Quote
So many times in television, you get cancelled arbitrarily as a result of your ratings in the off season, and you don’t have an opportunity to really script your ending, which can leave it an unsatisfying situation for both participants and the audience. Noah Wyle Read Quote
I remember somebody asking me in an interview years ago if I would be interested in playing Jason Bourne. I laughed: I didn’t think anybody would want to see me run around with a machine gun. It always stayed in the back of my head that I had reacted like that. It bothered me. Noah Wyle Read Quote
I grew up on all the ‘Star Wars’ movies and ‘Star Trek’ and all that. I just haven’t really kept current. Noah Wyle Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
When I was in high school, I wrote a play that I sent off to a competition that took second place. I got a check for a hundred dollars. I never cashed it, because obviously it was worth way more than a hundred dollars. Noah Wyle Read Quote
