matt leblanc, courteney cox & kathy bates

we were shooting an episodic, there were three cameras but no stage. i think we were in a house- a small house, a full crew and LOTS of equipment. the actors were moving from room to room and every time they changed position, the entire crew would have to scramble like rats not to be in camera range. everyone was piled on top of each other like laundry when they were not involved in the scene. i kept thinking, 'what a bunch of crazy fucking bullshit, wtf am i even doing here?'. just then the camera would swing around again and everyone would have to scramble to stay tucked in. at one point i found myself squished up against matt leblanc (who was my boyfriend). we were actually in the middle of a fight and i was still really pissed but since we were working i could only pause the verbal part of the exchange and bombard him with stoney silence. he was being such an asshole and kept hamming it up for the benefit of the other crew members and saying, 'c'mon, smile!' ensuring that our conflict did not remain private. every time he was on camera, he would intentionally fuck up the scene to make everyone laugh which guaranteed our time in the cramped quarters of the house would be prolonged. i was so over it. soon i was squished up against courteney cox (who was a close girlfriend) and she looked at matt and said, 'he's such an ass...'. i finally wound up in a room that was at least not in the middle of the action. kathy bates sat down on the couch next to me and said, 'my god, shandra, what are you doing here?' i answered her question with a dead stare that clearly said, 'i have no fucking idea...'.