Quotes from Matthew Perry

I loved playing Chandler. I grew up playing that part.

'Friends' was a magical thing, and no one's going to ever have anything like that again.

When I was younger, I used humour as a tool to avoid getting too serious with people - if there was deep emotional stuff going on, then I would crack a joke to defuse the situation.

A lot of people think that addiction is a choice. A lot of people think it's a matter of will. That has not been my experience. I don't find it to have anything to do with strength.

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.

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.

There's nothing better than a world where everybody's just trying to make each other laugh.

I would like you all to give me a round of applause as I have not crashed my car in over 15 months.

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.

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.

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?