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

Biography

Author Profession: Actor

Born: August 19, 1969

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Clean, Favorite, God, Help, Help Others, House, Others, Recovery, Six, Trust, Words

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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. Matthew Perry

Life, Great, Fight, You, Bad, Back

My favorite actor was, is, Michael Keaton. Certainly growing up, in the movie 'Night Shift' he did something brand new that I hadn't seen before that we all steal from now. And then it was in 1987 he did the movie 'Clean and Sober' and 'Beetlejuice' in the same year, and that was when I said, 'Wow, that's what I want to do.' Matthew Perry

Night, Growing Up, New, Brand, Want, Now

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. Matthew Perry

Sunshine, Night, Dinner, Eating, Moving

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. Matthew Perry

Life, Love, Family, School, Friends, Up

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. Matthew Perry

Strength, Experience, People, Think

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. Matthew Perry

Game, Fun, Think, Bad, Damn, Why

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. Matthew Perry

Success, Together, Happy, People, You

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

Anything, Sobriety, Thing

As for my personal life, I'd love to start a family of my own. I think I'd make a great dad, and I think shortly I would make a great husband. Matthew Perry

Life, Love, Family, Great, Dad, Husband

I'd say that on 'Friends' my character was the guy bouncing around the room. I'm no longer that guy, necessarily, in my life. I used to be. But I'm not now. Matthew Perry

Life, Character, My Life, Friends, Say

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. Matthew Perry

People, Deep, Serious, Situation, Avoid

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

Music, Friends, Taste, Heat, Get, Very

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. Matthew Perry

Good, Girl, Stress, Dating, Attention

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. Matthew Perry

Woman, Song, You, Emotional, Kind, Guy

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