Sarah Paulson Calls Late Friend Matthew Perry ‘One of the Most Generous People on the Planet’

Sarah Paulson has fond memories of Matthew Perry.

The American Horror Story actress — who starred alongside Perry in the Aaron Sorkin film Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip – she opened up about what she will remember the actor for. “I just remember him as one of the most generous people on the planet,” Paulson, 48, said in a guest appearance on View.

Paulson then recalled how Perry once went out of his way to help her land a gig on the NBC drama series, which ran for one season from 2006 to 2007.

“I was at a certain point in my career where I desperately needed that job, and he, because of his friendship with Amanda Peet, who was my best friend at the time, who was also on the show, they did a movie together called The whole nine yards,” she explained. “So he asked me to meet him in the parking lot for my last audition, and I got in his car and he ran the whole scene with me a few times so I could have a leg up on the other performer. And I got the job! So, in a way, I give him credit for taking that extra time, and he absolutely didn’t need it.”

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Further praising his character, Paulson said the late actor “was the kind of person that if you made him laugh or laugh, you felt like you’d really arrived.”

“I had the great pleasure of making him laugh several times and it felt very good,” she added. – He is a wonderful guy.

(L-R) Sarah Paulson as Harriet Hayes and Mathew Perry as Matt Albie in ‘Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip’.

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Tuesday’s episode View it wasn’t the first time Paulson shared insight into her relationship with Perry. During the performance at Jimmy Kimmel Live! in 2021, Oceanov 8 the actress hilariously recalled an awkward experience she had with Perry at a “cuddle party” years before.

“I didn’t see anyone kissing, but there was a hat with names in it and you were supposed to kiss whoever you pulled out of the hat,” she recalled. “And Matthew Perry pulled my name out of the hat and then immediately left the room.”

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Matthew Perry is pictured attending the AOL Build series to discuss “The Odd Couple” at AOL Studios in New York City on April 5, 2016 in New York City.

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Perry died at the age of 54 on October 28. The cause of his death has not yet been determined, but no foul play is expected.

Soon after Friends star’s death, tributes poured in from many in the entertainment industry, including Perry and Paulson Studio 60 colleague Timothy Busfield.

“Matty Perry was a gem. I was very fortunate to act with him and direct him Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” Busfield said in a statement shared with PEOPLE. “He was a good, good man and a dear, funny soul who will be sorely missed. Not only by his millions of devoted fans, but also by those associates and friends he made fall to the floor with his quick and fiery wit. He told me that he once spent an entire evening entertaining a famous director. Taking him to one club after another, thinking to myself ‘he really likes me, maybe he’ll hire me’.”

Added Busfield, “It wasn’t until the next morning, after a great night, that he found out it wasn’t a famous director at all. He was just some guy. He told the story himself. That’s the kind of man he was. Good luck, bro. I’ll miss you.”

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Bradley Whitford, who also starred in the show, shared a throwback clip of the pair joking around during a media interview for the show. He also raved about Perry’s “huge, open heart and pyrotechnic, joyous brain.”

“I think the nicest parts of Matt made him the most vulnerable to the monster he’ll have to fight for the rest of his life,” he wrote, referring to Perry’s longtime battle with addiction. “His battle was heroic. They don’t have awards for that. They should.”

“Matt was full of contradictions. He was hilariously self-deprecating and insecure and wildly confident. He was a source of light with an enormous capacity for darkness. He was deeply blessed and terribly cursed,” he continued. “I want his parents to know that Matt was kind. Not just to his costar. To everyone.”

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