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Issue date: June 6, 1999
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June 20, ER's Noah Wyle, 28, gets technical to play Apple
Computer mastermind Steve Jobs in the TNT flick Pirates of Silicon
Valley. The film traces the start of the personal-computer revolution
and the subsequent rivalry between Jobs and Microsoft's Bill Gates
(played with utter hilarity by former Brat Packer Anthony Michael
Hall).
How did Anthony Michael Hall do? "He can finally close
a chapter on the geek trilogy. From Sixteen Candles to Weird
Science to Pirates of Silicon Valley, he's run the gamut."
What was it like to meet him? "He came to my house and
we sat down and ate a couple of sandwiches and I thought, 'Oh, my
God, Anthony Michael Hall's sitting on my couch.' I used to quote
his movie dialogue like Bible Scripture for years with my friends."
In the film, Steve Jobs is a control freak and a genius. Agree?
"I saw [him] as a man who had a very clear vision of the type of
utopian society that he envisioned and the computer being his personal
tool to create it. And any time something came up that seemed to
deviate from his plan, he would clench down like an animal with
closed fists on it."
Is the Web dangerous? "There's a lot of negative information that
is easily accessible. ... Along with the technical advances needs
to come a responsibility for what we have unleashed on the world."
Who's better off: young, rich Hollywood or young, rich Silicon
Valley? "Young, rich Silicon Valley. They're having the luxury
of becoming millionaires and leading great lives and having all
their anonymity still intact."
Are you an aspiring Keanu? "I'm not going to rule out action
films. I wouldn't say it's a goal. There've been some great ones.
I just tend to be attracted to scripts that leap off the page."
What's life like offscreen? "I play a lot with my dogs,
keep their love for me intact. We [with fiancée Tracy Warbin]
have three. I'm a homebody."
Are you preparing for Y2K? "You live in California, you've
got all those supplies in case 'the big one' hits. We've got stuff
stacked away. I'd call it general stockpiling and not specifically
toward the Y2K problem." more
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