Matthew Perry Quotes

I play a guy who is 40. And I am a very good actor, because I'm 41.

When people try to take [smoking] away from me I say, 'hey, I stopped everything else.' But, I have to battle that one, too.

So I'm reading a book on my new iPad, but can't the iPad read it for me? Do I have to do everything?

I have a huge interest in hockey because I grew up in Canada, where it's kind of the law that you love hockey.

I got sober because I was worried I was going to die next year.

I'm very, very jealous of guys who just go and decide to party and then can work the next day.

I have a well-documented history of trouble with intimacy.

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.

As an actor, being on autopilot is the worst thing possible.

It's tough to have a movie-star persona when you're on a show as successful as 'Friends.'

I would always be the kid that got in trouble in school, that's for sure, for joking around.

If I could walk into the 'Friends' audition again and go or not go, I have to say it's 50-50.

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.

Well, I was lucky enough to be involved in about 19 failures at an early age, so I'm realistic about the success I'm having and how quickly it can go away. What's important is to be smart about it.