After I got my first laugh on stage, I was hooked.
As an actor, being on autopilot is the worst thing possible.
Chandler's the guy everybody thinks will do well with women, but he thinks too much and says the wrong thing.
Everything is just falling into place for me right now. I just turned 30, which I thought I was going to be bummed about, but I'm not.
I can tell if someone is talking to me because I'm on "Friends" or cause they just think I'm neat. You know I don't think I've ever spent more than five or ten minutes with somebody who was ogling me because they recognized me from the show.
I got sober because I was worried I was going to die next year.
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.
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.
I really lived life to its fullest and that got me in trouble from time to time.
I used to be a real prince charming if I went on a date with a girl. But then I'd get to where I was likely to have a stroke from the stress of keeping up my act. I've since learned the key to a good date is to pay attention on her.
I was like: I'm going to ask Julia Roberts out but I'm going to be very nervous about it. Then she said yes, I got even more nervous.
I would like you all to give me a round of applause as I have not crashed my car in over 15 months.
I'm a sensitive guy. If you are a woman and you're in any kind of emotional duress and you write a song about it, I'll buy you album.
I've just found out there are pages on the internet dedicated to whether I'm gay or not.
If there's a silence in a room I'll try to fill it as soon as humanly possible.
The funniest thing is when somebody says "Look I've no idea who you are but my friend said you are on a show and I just wanted to introduce myself" you know that they are lying! Those people can just get out of my way.
The goal is to have to do the shot again because the camera guy shook a little bit as he was laughing. Without that happening, I'm not happy because there's nothing better for me than a world that everybody's just trying to make each other laugh.
The key to sitcom success is miserable people. If you see a happy couple, it's just gone, like when Sam and Diane got together on Cheers.
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.
Vicodin, I got addicted to that little pill. The reason I don't talk about it too much in the press is because it isn't funny, and I love to be funny in interviews. If you joke about that period in your life, it doesn't seem right.
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.
Matthew appeared in a Hanes commercial along side Michael Jordan.
Matthew was nominated for a golden globe, for the "Ron Clark Story" (2006).
Matthew has starred in two successful Aaron Sorkin projects (The West Wing and Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip).
His character, Chandler, on Friends was an avid cigarette smoker. In reality, Matthew is also a smoker.
While filming Friends, Matthew appeared in 2 public service announcements for NBC's The More You Know. His topics were stay in school and teacher recruitment.
Matthew had the last line of dialogue in the TV show Friends, his line was 'Where?' after someone says 'Let's go to coffee'.
Matthew attended Asbury College, a private boys' school in Ottawa, Canada.
Matthew hosted the 2005 ESPY Awards, which took place on July 13 in Los Angeles.
Matthew's role on The West Wing got him two Emmy nominations.
Matthew received more Emmy nominations for his appearance in three episodes of The West Wing than for his entire career on Friends.
Matthew can speak French.
Matthew is a huge hockey fan, his favourite NHL team is the Ottawa Senators and he attends a lot of their playoff games. He can be seen wearing an Ottawa Senators shirt in the movie The Whole Nine Yards.
Matthew appeared in every episode of Friends.
Matthew's wit is legendary, directors often use his suggestions on the show or movie he's working on.
In his spare time Matthew enjoys playing ice hockey and softball.
Appeared in the top 30 of Forbes Top 100 Celebrity rich list for the first time in 2003
Matthew is missing part of his middle finger on his right hand. This is due to an unfortunate door-shutting accident in nursery school.
Matthew's first role was in the 1988 film A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon.
Matthew's father was an actor, and his mother was a TV anchor and press secretary for the Canadian Prime Minister.
His parents are Suzanne and John Perry.
Matthew's favourite episode of Friends is "The One With the Blackout" when he was stuck in an ATM vestibule with Jill Goodacre.
Matthew starred alongside Neve Campbell in the comedy Three to Tango.
Matthew wrote the script for Imagining Emily.
In 2002, Matthew was nominated for an Emmy for "Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series".
Matthew ranked as the #2 tennis player in Ottawa, at the age of 13.
Matthew shares his birthday together with John Stamos and Kevin Dillon.
Matthew Perry has been nominated twice for an Emmy in the category of Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series in 2003 and 2004 for his portrayal of the character Joe Quincy on The West Wing.
Matthew's favorite hockey team is the Ottawa Senators.
In 2000 Matthew and his fellow cast members of Friends signed on to receive $750,000 per episode each.
Matthew previously had a relationship with Rachel Dunn.
His astrological sign is Leo.
Matthew has dual citizenship in Canada and the United States.
Matthew Perry loves to play tennis, and was a nationally ranked junior player in Canada. He was later romantically linked to the world's top ranked female player, Jennifer Capriati, although the pair claimed to only be friends.
Matthew admitted on Oprah that he is in a relationship with a camera-shy woman.
He stars alongside good friend, Hank Azaria in David Mamet's Sexual Perversity in Chicago
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