David Schwimmer surprised to hear Matthew Perry praised him – says ‘Friends’ co-star was “reserved” when together
nme.comMatthew Perry had praised him, which came as a surprise considering that his Friends co-star was “reserved” with him.Schwimmer was speaking to Cush Jumbo on her podcast Origins when she first mentioned Perry, while recounting their interactions during The Good Fight. “I’m recalling talking to him about how I knew you a little bit but not very much at that stage, and I was talking to him about commedia [dell’arte] and about physical comedy and all this stuff,” she said. “I was saying, ‘Is David just someone who just does it?
It just comes off of him?’“He talks about how it’s not out of control at all, that you’re a linchpin person in a scene — that mostly people were always looking to you to know physically what direction things should go in.
That without you being the pin, the other things don’t work, which I thought was very, very complimentary and probably very true.”Schwimmer replied: “That’s interesting for many reasons, to hear that,” he said. “That’s a huge compliment, and I’m surprised to hear it because Matthew was reserved with me, he would not say that to me.
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