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Authors: Matthew Perry
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (28 page)
Got nominated for everything for
The Ron Clark Story
; lost everything to Robert Duvall. What a hack.
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First TV show ever.
Second Chance
. Couldn't have been worse.
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This is the show that almost lost me
Friends (© YouTube)
With the beautiful River Phoenix
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Me and my ex-girlfriend Rachel. Man, you don't get prettier than that.
(Gregg DeGuire/WireImage)
This is the one photo ever taken of us where I'm not staring at Rachel
(Chris Weeks/WireImage)
Me and the funniest woman in the world
(Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
Me with Salma Hayek (and Jon Tenney) in my first starring role, in
Fools Rush In (Photo by Getty Images)
Me with the coolest man in the universe
(© 2000 Warner Photo by Pierre Vinet/MPTVImages.com)
The
LA Times
said I gave a “tired performance” in
Seventeen Again
. But that was the whole pointâI was supposed to seem tired.
(© 2009 New Line Cinema/Photo by Chuck Zlotnick)
Me and the beautiful Lauren Graham
(AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
Me pretending to not be in love with Valerie Bertinelli
(Photo by Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
Me enjoying my pal, Bradley Whitford
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