![]() ![]() I'm still the same guy I've always been, I like to believe anyway. Q: What's changed besides your creaky back and achy joints?Ī: "Not much. Does it seem that long ago to you?Ī: "Well, it didn't until you said that. Q: It's been 20 years since Friends made you famous. I'm in a lot of trouble right in the first episode." They made a conscious effort to come out of gate swinging and boy does it. We've been criticized that the opening episodes (in the) first and second seasons come out of the gate slowly and that's definitely not the case this year. It's something we're really proud of and this third season is the funniest one yet. It's a really small-budgeted show, but the quality is there. It's a labor of love for everyone involved. We don't reach as many people, so strictly from a financial standpoint, the money isn't available with such a small audience. It's a much more intimate environment, a lot less restraining, the cable environment. Q: How does it feel being back on series television?Ī: "It feels completely different. My mother, even in her heart of hearts, maybe doubted me, (but) she always supported me. What does she say now?Ī: "She likes her Mercedes. I remember when I left home (Newton, Mass.) to become an actor, my mother said, 'You're going to do what? What do you know about that?' I said, 'Nothing, nothing at all. Every one in my family goes to work with some kind of tool in their hand. (Daughter Marina is 9 and he is still close to the now-adult children of ex-wife Melissa McKnight.)Ī: "I'm a pretty simple person. ![]() Q: So the real Matt LeBlanc is not the womanizing, spoiled, selfish Matt LeBlanc we see on Episodes?Ī: "The thing I've been really reluctant to do, successfully so far, is to illustrate the differences between the Matt Le Blanc in Episodes and the real-life Matt Leblanc. He shares more about his return to TV, what makes him feel old and what his family thinks of his profession. It's not just flattery though the role earned LeBlanc a Golden Globe last year and plenty of critical acclaim. If everyone thinks this is who I really am, isn't that my job description to make (them) believe it? So, I'm flattered in that sense." Everyone thought I was Joey (from Friends). ![]() People have asked me if I'm concerned that the audience will think that this is what I'm really like," LeBlanc says. (He's) this really sort of damaged, careless, irresponsible guy that's difficult to redeem at times. Think Matt LeBlanc's character on Showtime's Episodes, Matt LeBlanc, is the same as the real guy? Not so much, the actor, 46, says of his TV alter ego on the meta series, which returns Sunday for Season 3. ![]()
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