Matt LeBlanc

“Still, on 'Friends', we had some guest-stars who were less than spectacular, not the stunt-casting, but just regular guest-stars, and they weren't particularly great actors, but the material was so good that they scored. It's the writing.”

“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.”

“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.”

“You know, I think British comedy is very smart comedy. You don't get too much dumb comedy over here. Or at least I haven't seen it. If I'm wrong about that, I apologize to all the dumb comedy makers over here.”

“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.”

“But I'm kind of spoilt when it comes to comedy. I was on 'Friends', which was one of the funniest things on television.”

“יוצא לי לטייל בעולם ולפגוש אנשים שמספרים לי איך צפייה ב'חברים' גרמה להם לצחוק בתקופות קשות בחיים. אנשים שהיו בודדים והרגישו שאנחנו החברים היחידים שלהם בעולם.”

“אנשים מדברים איתי לאט לפעמים. ותמיד שואלים אותי אם אני בסדר, כי אני הרבה יותר שקט ומאופק מהדמות שגילמתי ב'חברים'. חושבים שאני בדיכאון, או עצוב, או מוטרד. אבל בחיי היום־יום אין לי פשוט המרץ שיש לי כשאני יוצא להופיע מול קהל ולצלם תוכנית טלוויזיה. אני פשוט לא כזה.”

“בטלוויזיה יש עניין מוזר, אתה רואה דמות בכל מיני מצבים במשך שנים, ואתה לא יכול שלא לחשוב שהשחקן הוא הדמות.”

“סדרת טלוויזיה היא שונה מסרט, שם אתה מקבל דמות לפרק זמן מוגדר של עלילה, עם התחלה, אמצע וסוף. רעיון ההמשכיות בסדרה תמיד משאיר את הסיפור פתוח. אתה מוכרח להאמין בכותבים, להתמיד בשיעורי הבית ולוודא שאתה בדרך הנכונה.”

“ככל שתהיה יותר ציני, כך תהיה במצב טוב יותר.”

“I grew up in Boston, so it's a nice change to be cold after living in California.”

“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.”

“'Friends' was an education in intelligent comedic banter; in intelligent vernacular. It was an education in scene study. It was an education in group dynamic. I came out of there with a master's degree in comedy.”

“And if you have great writing, it's really easy, but if it's not so great and you have to work a little harder, I could tell where the work needed to be done but comedy is just fun.”

“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.”

“I'm much more low-key than the characters I've played.”

“I remember when my daughter, Marina, was born. The second I laid eyes on her, I was in love, and I had never felt that way before. I couldn't believe it.”

“It's funny - nowadays people that are famous get chased by paparazzi. They have this fame, but they don't have the money to hide from it.”

“Everyone in my family used to work with some kind of tool in their hands every day. That's what we do. That's what I did before I got into acting.”