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Matthew Perrywill tell his life story in his upcoming autobiography.
“So much has been written about me in the past. I thought it was time people heard from me. The highs were high, the lows were low. But I have lived to tell the tale, even though at times it looked like I wouldn’t. And it’s all in here,” Perry, 52, tells PEOPLE.
TheFriendsalum jokingly adds, “I apologize that it’s not a pop-up book.”
News of Perry’s book was first announced in October.
The Canadian American actor, who first pursued acting as a teenager, booked various guest roles in his early career before he was cast as a regular on the 1990 showSydneyas the younger brother of Valerie Bertinelli’s title character. ButFriendschanged everything in his life when the series premiered in 1994.
The star famously played Chandler Bing onFriends, which ran for 10 seasons on NBC from 1994 to 2004 and also starredCourteney Cox,Jennifer Aniston,Lisa Kudrow,Matt LeBlancandDavid Schwimmer.
AfterFriends, Perry starred in the CBS revival ofThe Odd Couplefrom 2015 until 2017, opposite Thomas Lennon, who had a memorable guest role in aFriendsepisode.
Last year, Perry and his five former costars were all together again for HBO Max’slong-awaitedFriendsreunion, during which they revealed a number ofbehind-the-scenes tidbitsfrom their time on the show and reminisced about being a part of the hit series.
At the reunion’s taping, Perry told PEOPLE the chemistry that still exists between them all is “magic.”
“It was a character-driven funny, not timely funny,” he said of why the show has found such a following. “They didn’t make timely jokes. They didn’t make jokes about O.J. Simpson. They made character-driven jokes about people — and people are going to come back time and time again and watch that.”
source: people.com
