Before he was the charming Joey Tribbiani on Friends, Matt LeBlanc lived the ultimate bus life. Picture this: a young LeBlanc on his last $11, auditioning for roles and getting his dental work done. Yeah, you heard right! The guy was broke enough to consider filing his teeth to save a few bucks!

In a hilarious moment on Conan, LeBlanc dropped the bombshell: “I thought I was at $11. » Talk about a financial cliffhanger! He joked about how desperate things had become: “Even if I said, ‘All right, I’m going to get a job as a waiter,’ that $11 would be gone before my first paycheck!” Can you imagine Joey saying that? Classic!

But this is where it gets even better. So he was trying to take his first headshot when a photographer suggested he file down one of his teeth. The trap? He didn’t have dental insurance. And rather than shelling out $80 to a dentist, LeBlanc’s thrifty instincts kicked in. “I go to the drugstore and buy a three-pack of emery boards,” he laughed, giving us a mental image of him filing his teeth as if he were doing it. just another Tuesday! That’s something Joey would do in a pinch, right?