Matthew Perry Remembered By Minnie Driver: “I Know Now That His Pain Was Great”
deadline.comIn an obituary published by British daily , Minnie Driver recalled some of the good times with Matthew Perry, whom she acted alongside in a 2003 production of David Mamet’s Sexual Perversity in Chicago. “He had been in a good place when we were doing the play, but the thing about him was he was like a light,” Driver wrote. “He was one of those people who just made other people feel good.
Somehow, they don’t suck you down into their sadness, or their pain, and I know now that his pain was great.” She continued, “Matthew was one of the quickest people you would ever come across, ruthlessly funny in the ways he’d react to people.
He wouldn’t let you get away with anything. Invariably, I would tell really long stories and he’d always do this brilliantly timed bit where he’d nod off in the middle — so funny — but he wasn’t mean in any way.
He was the most self-deprecating person and really kind. Anyone who asked him for help, he would help.” The fame wrought by the explosive popularity of TV’s Friends sometimes overshadowed Perry’s genuine acting talents. “Matthew, we mustn’t forget, was a very good actor,” she wrote. “I recently looked at the reviews for our play — and his were all really good, apart from one.
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