Memories From the Set: Dan Bucatinsky on "Friends"


Bucatinsky and "Friends" star Lisa Kudrow had started their production company a year before he appeared as the "obnoxious" waiter who tried to move Phoebe to a smaller table when her pals stood her up on her birthday.

"Because she was in rehearsal a lot, we would often take meetings and conference calls from her dressing room," he says. "And by that point, I had become pretty friendly with the creators of the show. They were like, 'We've got to find you something fun to do in the show.'"



As it turns out, Bucatinsky had plenty of experience on which to draw: He had his first experience on a waitstaff in high school, followed by stints in New York, "in a chili restaurant, a bistro and in a very fancy Madison Avenue restaurant. So I was well-prepared to play a waiter on Friends."

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