00:00One of the truths about our business is that when we're lucky enough to get a job on a
00:06show we become a family, however long that lasts, and then you move on to the next.
00:11But sometimes you make a friend for life, someone you can count on, someone you can
00:18trust with your most intimate secrets, someone with whom you can laugh and cry, someone you
00:25love like a brother, and someone, for me, that's Noah Wiley.
00:31So during his break between playing Dr. Carter and Dr. Robbie, I had the privilege of working
00:35with Noah on four series.
00:38Dean Devlin offered me a job in Africa directing The Librarian starring Noah Wiley as Flynn Carter.
00:47I called Anthony Edwards, of ER fame with whom I just worked, for a scouting report.
00:53He said, good actor, great father.
00:58Noah describes Flynn Carson as Indiana Jones if played by Don Knotts.
01:06So I savored every moment.
01:07I watched him go toe-to-toe with Bob Newhart and Jane Curtin and Olympia Dukakis.
01:13And then Steven Spielberg, who had wanted Noah for saving Private Ryan, but Noah was still
01:19busy saving lives on ER, cast him in falling skies.
01:22And during endless night exteriors in the rain and the mud in Vancouver, I watched Noah lead
01:31the entire shooting company with his consistent example of how to be a number one on the call
01:37sheet, how he can inspire both sides of the camera.
01:40He set the tone for everyone around him.
01:44Be prepared, be kind, work hard.
01:49He's a fearless and confident actor and a true team player.
01:54He is also an insatiable collector of memorabilia, a voracious reader, and a pool shark.
02:04True?
02:07The pit has catapulted into TV royalty with The Wire and Breaking Bad and Sopranos.
02:12And all the awards and all the accolades that Noah has received, including this iconic star
02:18on Hollywood Boulevard, are well-earned and couldn't happen to a better man.
02:22My scouting report now reads great actor, great father, and brilliant writer, productive producer,
02:31powerful advocate, passionate leader, happy husband, shout out to Sarah, and clearly a
02:41loving friend.
02:42Mazel tov Noah.
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