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Actor Born: August 19, 1969

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.

Strength Experience People Addiction

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.

Life You Fight Great

My favorite six words in recovery are: trust God, clean house, and help others.

God Trust Words Help Others

I learned a valuable lesson doing 'Mr. Sunshine,' which is that I didn't want to be in charge because it's too much. Being in charge and acting in every scene was just too difficult. It's like eating dinner in a moving golf cart every night.

Sunshine Night Dinner Eating

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.

People Deep Serious Situation

I certainly like the rumour that I was the father of Elizabeth Hurley's baby. It made me think I could impregnate women in a different way to everyone else. Elizabeth and I were never alone in a room together, so I must be a very powerful man indeed. Actually, I'm thinking of suing the baby!

Alone Man Me Women

The thing is, if I don't have sobriety, I don't have anything.

Anything Sobriety Thing

If there's a silence in a room I'll try to fill it as soon as humanly possible.

Silence Try Possible Room

My feeling on therapy is it's a luxury, and if you're fortunate enough to get some smart people to talk to about life, then that's fortunate and you should go for it.

Life You People Smart

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.

Life Love Family School

Top 10
Matthew Perry
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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.

Me Happy Laugh World

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.

Success You People Together

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

Die Year Sober Next

Ninety percent of video game AI really is pretty damn bad. I think that's actually why it's so much fun to shoot things. Because the AI is so bad and the characters are so annoying.

Game AI Think Fun

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

History Trouble Intimacy

I think we need to educate our doctors about addiction.

Addiction Think Need I Think

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

School Trouble Always Kid

I've been on a show before where I was on a billboard and then, after like three or four weeks, they took the billboard down and replaced it with nothing. Took my face down and put a white board up.

Face White Down Nothing

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

You Friends Tough Successful

I don't have a very 'masculine' taste in music. I get a lot of heat from my friends about that.

Music Friends Taste Heat

I've been accused of not really paying attention to a sentence unless my name comes up in it twice.

Name Attention Twice Up

After I got my first laugh on stage, I was hooked.

Laugh Stage First Got

Chandler's the guy everybody thinks will do well with women, but he thinks too much and says the wrong thing.

Women Will Too Much Wrong

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.

Success Age Smart Important

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.

Good Girl Stress Dating

I've just found out there are pages on the internet dedicated to whether I'm gay or not.

Internet Gay Just Out

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