Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (27 page)
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Authors: Matthew Perry
Imagine what I'm thinking in this picture. At my mother's wedding to Keith Morrison. (Those are my grandparents, and that's Keith's son.)
This is me “giving my mom away”
My mom with Pierre Trudeau, the prime minister of Canada
(Photo by Boris Spremo/
Toronto Star
via Getty Images)
For my fourteenth birthday, my dad got me a dancer named “Polly Darton.” You can't make this stuff up.
It starts
My growing-up-way-too-fast sister. Note to the reader: if I had a goatee, I was on Vicodin or any other kind of opiate.
Me and my amazing grandmother. I always smiled that way to hide my front teeth, which were slightly out of place. You can see them in
Fools Rush In
. But after that, a studio made me fix them for a movie.
My dad and me at Boston Garden, playing celebrity hockey. My father was in heaven. I was a Kings fan, but don't tell anyone that.
On the set of
Three to Tango
with my sister Madeline, both of us wishing it were a better movie
Madeline and I are obviously comfortable with each other
Here's a picture of Madeline not lying on me
(Steve Granitz/WireImage)
See? I've always had the legs of a dancer.
In 2002, I was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. I brought my mom.
(Vince Bucci/Getty Images)