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If I hadn't had the experience of being famous, I would have searched for it my whole life. I would have just gone on and on trying to find it.

Matthew Perry

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Matthew Perry
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: August 19
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Writer
Williamstown
Massachusetts
Matthew Langford Perry
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