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
ego theatre television
In television or a movie I bring my own ego and consequently can mess up. In the theatre I learnt very quickly to shut up and listen. Now I am able to get out of my own way.
nervous said julia
I was like: I'm going to ask her [Julia Roberts] out but I'm going to be very nervous about it. Then she said yes, I got even more nervous.
necks flow chins
I have what I like to call a 'chinneck.' My chin just flows rather easily into my neck.
recovery helping-others house
My favorite six words in recovery are: trust God, clean house, and help others.
trouble intimacy wells
I have a well-documented history of trouble with intimacy.
would-be boring week
I know Chandler is similar to me. But if you watched my life for a week, there would be many more boring parts.
people smoking battle
When people try to take [smoking] away from me I say, 'hey, I stopped everything else.' But, I have to battle that one, too.
giving-up fighting two
There are two ways to go when you hit that crossroads in your life: There is the bad way, when you sort of give up, and then there is the really hard way, when you fight back. I went the hard way and came out of it okay. Now, I'm sitting here and doing great.
recovery thinking doctors
I think we need to educate our doctors about addiction.
hockey law canada
I have a huge interest in hockey because I grew up in Canada, where it's kind of the law that you love hockey.
trying gone whole-life
If I hadn't had the experience of being famous, I would have searched for it my whole life. I would have just gone on and on trying to find it.
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.
actors worst autopilot
As an actor, being on autopilot is the worst thing possible.
gay pages internet
I've just found out there are pages on the internet dedicated to whether I'm gay or not.