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" 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. "

Matt LeBlanc

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Writing

Way

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" When there's writing that you really trust, it's very freeing as an artist. "

" As an actor, the biggest compliment you can get, in my book is for someone to believe that you're the character. "

" Work to me has become kind of a hobby. I was a part of something that gave me financial independence and the rent is paid. Now it's just about projects that turn me on. "

Matt LeBlanc

Independence

Work

" 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. "

" 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. "

Matt LeBlanc

World

Myself

" Why do you have to break up with her? Be a man. Just stop calling. "

" 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. "

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

" The way I look at it, everything is a trade. You acquire some money, so then you've got no financial burdens, but everyone wants your money and so who can you trust? Or you've got no money and you can trust anyone, but then you've got the worry to pay bills. Which is worse? "

" 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. "

Matt LeBlanc

Take

Compliment

" 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. "

" I'm not in a rush to do anything. And I wouldn't say I pick and choose. When it comes to producers picking people for roles I don't think it's between me and Tom Cruise, do you know what I mean? "

" You always question people's intentions. That may be a combination of having money, having fame, and being a little older. "

" The more cynical you become, the better off you'll be. "

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Better

Cynical

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I don't like producing. It's a lot of meetings you sit through that amount to nothing. "

" I could build and roof a house, though electricity is not my thing. "

" I started going gray in my early twenties. "