Matthew Perry’s acting career started with a prayer. In “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing,” Perry recalled praying to become famous mere weeks before auditioning for the part of Chandler Bing. Perry asked for spiritual help after he read an article about Charlie Sheen’s latest bout of trouble. “I remember thinking, Why does he care — he’s famous,” he shared in his memoir (via Business Insider). Then he dropped to his knees and prayed for fame. “God, you can do whatever you want to me,” Perry wrote. “Just please make me famous.” After that, Perry landed “Friends,” kickstarting his successful career. Because of his arduous addiction journey, Perry believed God honored his entire prayer.
While promoting his memoir, Perry spoke to Sirius XM about his thought process at the time. Interestingly, Perry revealed that his prayer for fame was his first time praying in his entire life. “What was interesting is that the first time I prayed — and it was the first time — it was like a prayer of a 14 year old, and I was 24 or something like that. And I’d just read that some celebrity I don’t remember who was in trouble and I thought to myself, ‘He doesn’t care he’s famous.'” Then he prayed. “Three weeks later I got ‘Friends,’ and God didn’t forget the first part of the prayer,” added Perry.
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Perry would later pray for God to save his life from addiction. “And that was answered, as well.”
