Matthew Perry Net Worth

Matthew Perry's Quotes

• I learned to fall down early in life - I was like six - because I realized it was a way to make girls laugh.
• [on originating the show 'Mr. Sunshine'] Some of it is based on me. I like to think I'm a little less selfish than this character, but at times in my life I certainly have been that way. I've been accused of not really paying attention to a sentence unless my name comes up in it twice.
• When I did 'Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip' I would look over and see Aaron Sorkin pacing around in the corner of the stage, mumbling to himself. I thought, Well, he's crazy. And then I realized what he was actually doing was playing out the next week's scenes as he was writing them. And that was intriguing to me. So now I've become one of the people that mumbles in the corner of the room.
• [on his sports-based series 'Go On'] Whenever I come across a famous athlete, I'm shameless. I'll just ask them to be on the show. To my face they've all said yes so far.
• I gravitate towards sort of broken characters who try to be better people.

Interesting Facts about Matthew Perry

1. Attended Ashbury College, a private school in Ottawa, Canada.
2. Son of John Bennett Perry.
3. Raised in Ottawa, Canada.
4. Mother, Suzanne Morrison, was the press agent for Pierre Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada, during the seventies and eighties.
5. he asked that his name be removed from the Best Actor in a Comedy Emmy list. Friends (1994) co-stars have all agreed that they would only be nominated in supporting roles. [June 2000]
6. Missing part of his middle finger on his right hand due to an unfortunate door-shutting accident in nursery school.
7. Used to be ranked nationally in junior tennis in Canada. He has said on interviews that he tried to play in the States but he wasn't good enough.
8. He completed a 28-day programme in 1997 for Vicodin addiction and then another stint in rehab for addiction to opioids and alcohol in 2001. He was hospitalised again in 2002 while filming Serving Sara with Elizabeth Hurley and checked himself into a rehab facility in Marina del Rey, California. Perry has also battled huge weight loss and gains throughout his career.
9. A 75 year old woman ran a stop sign and smashed into the side of Matthew's BMW. Neither party was injured. [April 2001]
10. Stepson of Keith Morrison, NBC newscaster. Half-brother of Caitlin (b. 1981); Emily (b. 1985); Willy (b. 1987); Madeleine (b. 1989); and Marie Perry.
11. Friends (1994) castmate Jennifer Aniston offers to be his personal trainer after he received threats from his bosses at Warner Brothers about his increasing weight problems. [2002]
12. Friends (1994) castmates agree to enter themselves for consideration in the leading role catagories at the Emmys. [2002]
13. Turned down a role in Independence Day (1996). The part he was offered was eventually taken by Harry Connick Jr..
14. Has dual US and Canadian citizenship.
15. Made his world stage debut in the West End in London alongside Minnie Driver. [May 2003]
16. Appeared in the top 30 of Forbes Top 100 Celebrity rich list for the first time [2003]
17. He is the only central cast member of Friends (1994) who has not been nominated for a Razzie.
18. Following the May 6, 2004, airing of the Friends (1994) series finale, he and the rest of the show's cast were on the Jay Leno broadcast from the Central Perk set in the Friends (1994) studio.
19. His father appeared on the Friends (1994) episode Friends: The One with Rachel's New Dress (1998), as the father of one of Jennifer Aniston's boyfriends.
20. The part of Maj. Don West in Lost in Space (1998) was originally offered to him, but eventually went to Friends (1994) co-star Matt LeBlanc.