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I was like: I'm going to ask her [Julia Roberts] out but I'm going to be very nervous about it. Then she said yes, I got even more nervous.

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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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