Quotes by Matthew Perry

“The key to sitcom success is miserable people. If you see a happy couple, its just gone, like when Sam and Diane got together on Cheers.”

“I can tell if someone is talking to me because Im on Friends or cause they just think Im neat. You know I dont think Ive ever spent more than five or ten minutes with somebody who was ogling me because they recognized me from the show.”

“Im amazed at how a lot of people have come up to me and said, Thats about time that happened, ... And Im trying to figure out -- because we never really set anything up. It just kind of happened.”

“I look at it as something Ill look back on my whole life and how we all kicked butt.”

I need a woman to have a quirky sense of humor. Theres a bunch of jokes I use, and if she doesnt get them, shes probably not for me.

I would love to have kids one day. In fact, Im pretty good with them. I grew up with five half-siblings, the youngest of whom is 11 years younger than me, so I think I learned some pretty cool parenting skills quite early on in life.

I went to a high school that didnt have many people in it. There were, like, 60 people in my senior class. There was a group of cool kids and a group of really dorky kids, and I was probably the coolest of the really dorky kids.

I was a guy who wanted to become famous. There was steam coming out of my ears, I wanted to be famous so badly. You want the attention, you want the bucks, and you want the best seat in the restaurant. I didnt think what the repercussions would be.

If I hadnt had the experience of being famous, I would have searched for it my whole life. I would have just gone on and on trying to find it.

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

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

I used to be a real prince charming if I went on a date with a girl. But then Id get to where I was likely to have a stroke from the stress of keeping up my act. Ive since learned the key to a good date is to pay attention on her.