Matt LeBlanc’s Personal Experience

Unlike Joey who has seven sisters in "Friends", Matt is the only son in the family and his mother is an Italian immigrant. Matt graduated from Newton North High School in 1985. After graduating from high school, he was admitted to Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, Massachusetts. He took a break from school after the start of the second semester. His father is Paul LeBlanc and his mother is Pat Grossman. He is of Irish, Dutch, English and Acadian ancestry from his father and part Italian from his mother. He has a half-brother, Justin LeBlanc. The LeBlanc in his name means "white" in French; like many other languages ??derived from Latin, the "Le" in LeBlanc is just a more formal usage and is usually ignored in translation. So, literally translated, his last name in English is "White". LeBlanc speaks French.

Matt may never have dreamed of being an actor when he was a child. Ever since he got his first motorcycle when he was eight years old, Matt's biggest childhood dream was to become a racing driver.

With this dream, Matt began to participate in various competitions. This extremely dangerous sport made Matt's mother, Pat Grossman, very worried. When Matt crashes into a protective wall at a Celebrity Grand Prix and knocks someone else's car off the track, his mother can no longer tolerate her son's risky behavior and advises Matt to give up racing.

At the urging of his mother, Matt began to look for other ways to use his talents. He initially chose to be a carpenter and learned the craft of carpentry. His craftsmanship was not in vain. In "Friends", Joey did once make a large modular cabinet that could hold one person. However, this cabinet is not very practical. In addition to often breaking the clothes of his roommate Chandler, when Joey tried to sell it, he was locked in the cabinet by strangers who came to look at the cabinet. Naturally, the things at home were also destroyed. Looted.

Carpentry did not become Matt's last choice, he eventually decided to become an actor. After graduating from Newton Northern High School, Matt sold his truck and came to New York alone with $3,000. When he first arrived in New York, Matt's first job was as a model, but he didn't like the job.

Matt said: "The model is not the protagonist. This industry is all about clothing. I don't want to stand there all day long and be photographed, just to show off a coat." Obviously. , Matt hopes that what attracts attention is himself, not the clothes he wears.

Matt's turnaround didn't begin with formal drama; he first came to the public's attention as an advertising star. By 1987, Matt had become a familiar face in advertising, including for Levi's 501 jeans and Coca-Cola, while he even modeled for a Heinz sauce ad in 1987. Won the prestigious Cannes Golden Lion in the advertising industry.

After making a name for himself in the advertising industry, Matt began to receive formal theater training in 1988. A year later, he found a role in the TV series "TV 101" and moved to Live in Los Angeles.

After moving to Los Angeles, Matt has always participated in some productions with little impact. It was not until 1994 when he participated in "Friends" that he really became popular.

After Friends became popular, Matt also tried to develop in the direction of movies, but his works have not been many. Matt starred in "Lost in Space" with Gary Oldman in 1998. After that, Oldman also guest-starred as a famous actor in "Friends". Matt also guest-starred on "Charlie's Angels" and most recently starred alongside Eddie Izzard in the war comedy "All the Queen's Men." "Friends" went off the air in 2004.

But Joey's image gradually became fuller. He was not only as cute and handsome as before, but also became more mature and sensible. Matt, of course, also had a special fondness for Joey, and it was him who brought to life a character who had many similarities to himself.

When Matt went to audition for the set of "Friends", he had a big scar on his forehead and nose because he was drunk and fell down the night before. This somewhat careless style was different from Joey's Coincidentally. Even Schwimmer, who played Ross, admitted that when he first saw Matt, he thought Matt was a playboy in leather pants and immediately began to dislike him, but the two later became very good friends.

Matt said that before he starred in "Friends", he only had more than ten dollars left. His very similar personality to Joey and his life as an awkward young actor allowed him to make the character of Joey come alive.

But not everything about Joey satisfies Matt. He said: "I just play a silly boy. This does not mean that I am also a silly boy." He said about Joe in the eighth season. Joe is also not satisfied with the plot arrangement of falling in love with Rachel. He has his own views on the Ross-Rachel-Joy triangle.

Matt said he didn't think Season 8's arrangement of him falling in love with Rachel, who had been entangled with Ross, gave him a chance to shine. He said: "I am very satisfied to be a member of this group. I like to stay in less noticeable places, bring some funny elements from time to time, and play a supporting role in the whole story... Joey and Rachel The emotional entanglement is too complicated, I mean it changes the core of the story a little bit, which is a little dangerous."

Matt said he was surprised when he found out that Joey was going to fall in love with Rachel. The mood was like, "Hey, wow, wait a minute. This isn't how it's supposed to be done, Joe, don't mess with it." He said the episode forced him to show a side of Joey that he didn't want the audience to see. This side.

Matt said that he was Joey's biggest fan, but the emotional entanglement with Rachel made him feel very sorry for Joey, because he could only watch Joey's heart break. And he was reluctant to do so.

Matt said that the key reason for his reluctance was that he did not want to see Joey and Rachel together. He wanted to see Rachel and Ross get married. He said that "Friends" was aimed at this goal from the beginning, that the two of them should be together, and this trend will be more obvious in the ninth season.

Like Jennifer, Matt also believes that the ninth season will be the last glory of "Friends". He said: "I think next year will be the last year." Like other actors, Matt also Very sad, he said: "It is very sad to think that in September 2003, I will no longer be able to spend time with Perry, Schwimmer, Kudrow, Courteney and Jen. It will take a while to get used to it."

Matt feels that "Friends" has once again achieved great success in the eighth season, and it is very satisfying to beat "Survivor" in the ratings. He described it: "This is like a game, and it feels good to finally defeat them. It is good for us. , it’s like, ‘Oh, finally here comes the opponent.’ Imagine playing tennis, and all your opponents are terrible, but you’re a good player, and you play fifty people in a row, and then you beat them all without losing a game. You throw away your armor, and finally an opponent comes and beats you in a round, and you will really pump up your energy to compete."

For the "Friends" crew who have been working together for many years, Matt has deep feelings, but he also has opinions. When a reporter asked which of the other five actors he would call if his car broke down on the road, Matt, who loves racing, said: "I can't call any of them. They are all blind."

Matt has his own evaluation of these five actors. He said: "Courteney is calm and clear-minded, but a little neurotic. Schwimmer is very reasonable. He is one of the smartest people I know." , Perry doesn’t think too much about things, Jen does the same, and Lisa is very practical.”

Matt’s evaluation of himself is very interesting. He said: “I am the kind of person who can spend ten dollars a day as long as I am given money. A guy who digs holes for you for hours. That's me, and my theory is: If the money is the same, give me the shovel, and I can break the rocks, but I can't do what they ask me to do. If you do any physical work, just tell a few jokes.

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NBC's latest comedy series in 2004. Perhaps it is another masterpiece after "Six"~~ It mainly tells the interesting experience of a third-rate actor breaking into Hollywood...

Waving goodbye to his "Friends" who have been together for ten years, Joey also bid farewell to his old friends who started a family and started a career in New York, and came to sunny Los Angeles to continue pursuing his stardom dream. In LA lives his sister Gina, a hot, sexy and easily excited person. A hairdresser and an unwed mother, her genius son, 20-year-old Michael, is a graduate student studying rocket science. Unable to tolerate the meticulous care of his mother Gina, Michael moved in with his uncle Joey. But Gina. Still worried about his son, he has to look after his precious son every day to see if he has been misled by the playboy-like Joey. Joey, who lacks book knowledge, complements Michael, who is not good at interpersonal communication. Michael also starts under Joey's guidance.