Matt LeBlanc
Matt LeBlanc
Matthew Steven "Matt" LeBlanc is an American actor, comedian, television host, and producer, best known for his role as the dim-witted womanizing actor Joey Tribbiani on the popular NBC sitcom Friends, which ran from 1994 to 2004. LeBlanc also stars as a fictional version of himself in Episodes. He won a Golden Globe award for his work on Episodes, and was nominated for an Emmy three times for his work on Friends and four times for Episodes. Since 2016 LeBlanc...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth25 July 1967
CityNewton, MA
CountryUnited States of America
I have funny bones. If there's ever any kind of tension, I'll always be the one to try and be funny to loosen things up.
A true gentleman doesn’t prefer blondes. A true gentleman doesn’t have any preferences whatsoever.
You can't be funny if you don't have good material.
The more cynical you become, the better off you'll be.
I really like the half-hour comedy. I really do. I know people that are in movies all the time and they, you know, they don't see their families as much. And that takes its toll over time.
People call me Joey all the time. I take it as a compliment. There's no point in correcting them. But I'm much more even-keeled and subdued and relaxed than Joey Tribbiani.
'Friends' was a true ensemble. There really was no star of the show.
You always question people's intentions. That may be a combination of having money, having fame, and being a little older.
I grew up in Boston, so it's a nice change to be cold after living in California.
Comedy is just to me, maybe it's a natural knack, if I can see where the joke is in the writing and I can see where the setup is and I can tell this is the way to make it.
This whole acting thing was always just for me and was always an absolute shot in the dark. If it didn't pan out, I had my hammer and tool belt, banging nails again tomorrow if I had to.
I don't like producing. It's a lot of meetings you sit through that amount to nothing.
In comedy, you have to be unafraid to hang from the tree branch naked in the high wind and you have to be absolutely unafraid to look ridiculous and silly.
When I was younger and studying acting, I never ever saw myself in the sitcom world; it was drama that really turned me on and still does.