Entertainment Tonight during the annual “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To Cure Parkinson’s” gala, a benefit hosted by the Michael J.
Fox Foundation.“He was a hockey player, a good hockey player, and we played hockey together,” the “Back to the Future” star added.
According to Fox, Perry once gave his foundation, which began in 2000 and specializes in research into Parkinson’s disease, a gracious donation. “I hope this isn’t indiscreet … but when they first made their big sale [on their ‘Friends’ contracts] and were made millionaires for the rest of their lives, he wrote a big fat check to the foundation,” Fox shared with the outlet. “We were really early on and trying to find our feet.
And it was such a vote of confidence.“And it wasn’t accompanied by any self-aggrandizing or anything. He was just like, ‘Take it and do your best,'” the “Teen Wolf” star said. “I loved that.”The “Friends” cast — which also included Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer — made history when they joined together and negotiated new salaries of $1 million per episode for Seasons 9 and 10.
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