Legendary 'Friends' director Jim Burrows remembers the brilliance of Matthew Perry, who died last month at age 54.
“He was part of a family and he was the first one to not be part of that family anymore,” Jim Burrows told TODAY
Matthew Perry would often become the center of attention as the sarcastic Chandler Bing on"Friends." Gary Null/NBCThe death of Perry, who garnered an Emmy nomination for his work on the show, stunned Burrows. “I took them to dinner at Spago and this is a true story. And I said to the six of them, ‘Put your seatbelt on because this is your last shot at anonymity,’” he recalled.
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