Hollywood friendships usually look like they started at an awards show, on a movie set, or somewhere involving an aggressively expensive dinner. Some of them, though, go back to school hallways, tiny apartments, improv classes, and years when nobody involved had a publicist. A few of these pairs were already chasing the same dream together. Others simply happened to meet young and stayed close while everything around them changed. That history makes the friendship feel a little different once both people become household names, because there is always someone around who remembers the version of you with no red carpet involved. Here are 15 famous people who have been friends since before they were famous.Wikimedia CommonsBen Affleck and Matt DamonThey met as kids in Cambridge, Massachusetts, lived a couple of blocks apart, and bonded over acting long before Good Will Hunting made them an Oscar-winning team.Wikimedia Commons / David ShankboneTina Fey and Amy PoehlerFey and Poehler met in a Chicago improv class in 1993, years before either reached Saturday Night Live. Their comedy careers kept crossing paths because their friendship already had.IMDbBeyoncé and Kelly RowlandRowland grew up close to Beyoncé and even lived with the Knowles family for a time. The two were singing together years before Destiny’s Child turned them into stars.IMDbPedro Pascal and Sarah PaulsonPascal and Paulson met as teenagers in New York in the early 1990s. Decades later, they are still close enough to make their joint red carpet appearances feel like reunions.Martha Noble / Globe PhotosLeonardo DiCaprio and Tobey MaguireDiCaprio spotted Maguire while they were both young actors going to auditions and basically decided they should be friends. Somehow, that wonderfully direct approach worked for decades.Wikimedia Commons / Bryan BerlinGeorge Clooney and Richard KindClooney and Kind became friends while they were both still trying to make it in Los Angeles, years before either one was a household name.Wikimedia Commons / Montclair Film FestSteve Carell and Stephen ColbertCarell and Colbert met through Chicago’s Second City comedy scene, back when both were still building careers and performing for much smaller crowds.Wikimedia Commons / Gage SkidmoreSeth Rogen and Evan GoldbergRogen and Goldberg met in bar mitzvah class at 13 and started writing Superbad as teenagers. Their friendship eventually became one of Hollywood’s most productive comedy partnerships.IMDbJohn Krasinski and B.J. NovakLong before The Office, Krasinski and Novak were kids in Newton, Massachusetts, playing Little League and attending school together. Novak even cast Krasinski in one of his student plays.Wikimedia Commons / Franz RichterAdam Sandler and Judd ApatowBefore either had much money or industry clout, Sandler and Apatow were roommates trying to make it in stand-up. Their days largely revolved around preparing for that night’s sets.IMDbJessica Chastain and Oscar IsaacChastain and Isaac met while studying at Juilliard, years before either became an awards-season regular. Their old friendship later made playing complicated couples together much easier.Peabody AwardsKeegan-Michael Key and Jordan PeeleKey and Peele met doing improv before either became famous. Their friendship eventually turned into one of the most recognizable comedy partnerships on television.Wikimedia Commons / Gage SkidmoreTrey Parker and Matt StoneParker and Stone met at the University of Colorado, where they started making projects together long before South Park turned them into household names.IMDbRyan Gosling and Justin TimberlakeGosling and Timberlake became close while starring on The All New Mickey Mouse Club as kids. They even lived together for about six months when Timberlake’s mother became Gosling’s guardian.Wikimedia Commons / Arturo Pardavila IIIPaul Rudd and Jon HammRudd met Hamm when they were still young and nowhere near household-name status. Hamm has said they knew each other from the time he was about 18, and they later ended up in the same struggling-actor circle in Los Angeles.The post 15 Famous People Who Have Been Friends Since Before They Were Famous appeared first on Den of Geek.