Matthew Perry Quotations | Page 2

I was a very good tennis player in Ottawa, Canada - nationally ranked when I was, like, 13. Then I moved to Los Angeles when I was 15, and everyone in L.A. just killed me. I was pretty great in Canada. Not so much in Los Angeles.

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 have a well-documented history of trouble with intimacy.

I know Chandler is similar to me. But if you watched my life for a week, there would be many more boring parts.

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

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

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

Trying to overcome addiction is one of the hardest things for a person to do. And the fact that I had to do it under the scrutiny of tabloid press at first made it seem even more difficult. But in fact, it oddly ended up being a plus. Because of the tabloid stuff, it wasn't like I could walk into a bar and order a drink.

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

I used to spend a lot of time just thinking about myself, thinking that the party started when I showed up.