Matt LeBlanc Gets Wise to the Game
With a smart new Showtime series, Episodes, the 43-year-old actor formerly known as Joey Tribbiani has finally found a way to turn his signature role to his advantage
Originally appeared in February 2011 issue of Details
DETAILS: You grew up in blue-collar Newton, Massachusetts. When did you realize you wanted to be an actor? Matt LeBlanc: I went to New York to visit a friend and was walking down Park Avenue—this sounds so made-up—and this really pretty girl was walking towards me. As she walked by, I turned to look at her ass, and she turned to look at mine. We both started laughing, and we got to talking, and it turned out she was an actress on her way to a soap-opera audition. She introduced me to her manager.
DETAILS: We’ve become so used to a certain image of you that some people seem surprised by the graying hair. Matt LeBlanc: I started going gray in my early twenties. I remember on Friends, in the very beginning, putting the stuff on the sides. Then it became a full shampoo job. People are saying, “Oh, he’s going for the George Clooney thing.” I’m not going for the George Clooney thing—I’m getting old. I’m going for the inevitable. Click to continue »
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