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Matt LeBlanc opens up about the emotional end of Friends, revealing how the final episode made him start smoking again, how difficult it was to imagine success beyond the show, and how the series became a lifeline for fans dealing with cancer, loneliness and divorce. “I had quit smoking, and on the last episode, I started smoking again. It was very sad.” “You like to think that your career is always going to go like this, but it was hard to imagine success beyond that.” “It was this sort of closing of a chapter in all of our lives. It was amazing. There's only five other people on the planet that know what that was like to have been a part of.” “I've had people tell me their mom had cancer, and the only thing that lifted her spirits was watching Friends.” “Someone told me, ‘I went to school abroad, I had no friends, you guys were my friends.’ Another said, ‘I got divorced and thought the world was over, but you guys made me smile.’” “To be able to come into people's lives and make them laugh...”