Matthew Perry took some time out to talk to Buzzine about being 17 again, taking advantage of all that life has to offer, and making a move back to TV.

Emmanuel Itier: Would you like to be 17 again?

Matthew Perry: Is that the first question? Would I like to be 17 again? No…however, if I could be 17 — like this guy in the movie — and know what I know now, then that would be nice. Then I could take advantage of it. But I wouldn’t to go back and be 17 and not know what I know now.

EI: Were you a cool 17-year-old?

MP: No, I was the coolest of the non-cool kids in school. There were the popular guys and then the dorky geeks, and I was probably the coolest of the dorky geeks.

EI: Why did you decide to do this movie?

MP: It’s funny — I read the script, but I didn’t know who Zac Efron was.

EI: How long ago did you read it?

MP: About a year-and-a-half ago. He was still a big deal; I just had no idea who he was. I didn’t know anything about High School Musical and I still haven’t seen it.

EI: You’re missing out.

MP: Yeah, I’ve got my whole afternoon planned. I am going to watch all three movies back-to-back. I read the script and I really liked it. I felt it was really moving. The part I got to play was a sort of dissatisfied 37-year-old guy who is miserable and then gets to go on this journey, and that was moving to me. Then I found out that Zac Efron was kind of a big deal.

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