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I went to a high school that didn't 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.

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Matthew Perry
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: August 19
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Williamstown
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Matthew Langford Perry
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