Matthew Perry
Matthew Perry
Matthew Langford Perry is an American-Canadian actor and writer. Perry is known for his role as Chandler Bing on the long-running NBC television sitcom Friends, as well as his portrayal of Ron Clark in the 2006 television movie The Ron Clark Story. Along with starring in the short-lived television series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Perry has appeared in a number of films, including Fools Rush In, The Whole Nine Yards, and 17 Again. In 2010, he expanded his...
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth19 August 1969
CityWilliamstown, MA
life
That's like the greatest experiences of my life still, 'Friends,' so it's not something I want to get away from, but I do want to try and show something new.
believe love miss rights
I love the idea of ""the one"" but I actually believe that there isn't a Miss Right. There are 12,000 Miss Rights out there and it's all timing.
kicked life
I look at it as something I'll look back on my whole life and how we all kicked butt.
april bat care guess obviously problem proud realized severity stepped took
I guess it was around April (1997) that I realized the level, the severity of the problem that I was having, ... And I'm really proud that I kind of stepped up to the bat and took care of it. For me, it was a no-brainer. It was just -- this is obviously what I have to go do.
absolutely decided girls happened listen realized time tried turned
I realized by the time I turned 30, which happened this year, that I would be going out with girls and they would think I was really funny, but I would know absolutely nothing about them. I decided that's just not the way to go. I have tried to listen more and get to know the person I'm with.
absolutely although funnier hates job love similar whereas
I'm very similar to Chandler in many ways, although Chandler is funnier than me, and Chandler absolutely hates his job whereas I absolutely love my job.
crappy drop feminine gay girl guy impress male neat obviously playing stuff thinks trying
I'm obviously comfortable with my feminine side! I didn't have any reservations playing a gay guy as it was kind of a neat idea to me. I'm able to drop all the crappy male stuff of trying to impress the girl and get her into bed, because she thinks I'm gay.
early fall girls learned life realized six
I learned to fall down early in life - I was, like, six - because I realized it was a way to make girls laugh.
certainly characters people relate
I certainly wear my heart on my sleeve, and I think that comes out in the characters that I play. There's a yearning, or something, that comes out of me that people relate to.
anybody needs nobody talk trouble work
The thing is that nobody can make anybody do anything, ... And you can have talk after talk after talk, but the person who is in trouble really needs to want to not be in trouble for it to work out.
sports years shade
I have never really lived with anyone in my adult years. I just read my sports ticker. And 50 Shades of Grey.
needs remember
I don't need to be reminded that I was on 'Friends.' I remember - some of it, anyway.
hair scary facts
I am fine with the fact that some of my hair is gray. If it was all gray overnight, that would be a scary thing.
couple school kids
I grew up babysitting and always enjoyed it. I love family. A couple of my closest friends have kids, and I'm their godfather, and that's one of my greatest pleasures in life, just picking them up from school and hanging out with them.