Trying to overcome addiction is one of the hardest things for a person to do. And the fact that I had to do it under the scrutiny of tabloid press at first made it seem even more difficult. But in fact, it oddly ended up being a plus. Because of the tabloid stuff, it wasn't like I could walk into a bar and order a drink.

Chandler's the guy everybody thinks will do well with women, but he thinks too much and says the wrong thing.

There are two ways to go when you hit that crossroads in your life: There is the bad way, when you sort of give up, and then there is the really hard way, when you fight back. I went the hard way and came out of it okay. Now, I'm sitting here and doing great.

I'd say that on 'Friends' my character was the guy bouncing around the room. I'm no longer that guy, necessarily, in my life. I used to be. But I'm not now.

To be a comedian, you have to have some darkness behind it. I certainly draw on my past, and it helps.

I play a guy who is 40. And I am a very good actor, because I'm 41.

I have a huge interest in hockey because I grew up in Canada, where it's kind of the law that you love hockey.