Matt LeBlanc Calls First Golden Globes Win Gravy In Post-Friends Life

First Published: January 16, 2012 4:29 PM EST Credit: Getty Images Caption Matt LeBlanc poses in the press room with the Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy award for Episodes at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, on January 15, 2012LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Although hed been nominated over the years for his role as Joey on Friends, and Joey on Joey, it was his role as himself on Showtimes Episodes that finally landed Matt LeBlanc a Golden Globe on Sunday. This is [my] fourth nomination and first win, Matt told Access Hollywoods Billy Bush backstage on Sunday night at the ceremony. Its great, Matt added of picking up the statue for playing a fictionalized version of himself on the show, opposite Brits Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Greig. I cant say enough about the writing. I mean, its really David Crain and Jeffrey Klaric. The writers on that show are just so brilliantly gifted. Every word counts, Billy chimed in. Yeah, theres no fat on it. Its so streamlined and good and jokes drive [the] story and develop character, Matt said. Its just really, really well drafted. In Showtimes Episodes, Matt plays a fictional version of himself, who decides in order to make a bit of extra money so he can open a restaurant hell sign on for a show penned by Stephen and Tamsins characters Sean and Beverly Lincoln. The Lincoln family isnt exactly happy that Matt is playing the lead in their show (which is being translated from a fictional highbrow British comedy), nor are they happy with the way the faux network is handling things. So did the change of pace after Friends with Episodes make Matts win sweeter? Its really hard to compare this to Friends, Matt told Billy. Friends was such a once in a lifetime thing To be one of those six actors on that show was something Ill never forget as long as I live. Everything else, the rest of my career, I look at it as just gravy. I mean its not supposed to get that good ever and it did. And the now the fact that I can go work on something else to make this happen? I cant wait to see my mom give her a big hug and say, Look at this! Filming for Season 2 is in full swing and after the major cliffhanger at the end of Season 1 (SPOILER ALERT) the show the Lincolns were writing got picked up stateside just as they were ready to head back to London, and right after Sean found out about his wifes infidelity with Matt thanks to some cinnamon-scented Joey cologne the actor said things are heating up. This second season is bigger and broader and funnier than last year. Its going to be funny, he said. Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.