明妮·德瑞弗记得马修·派瑞:“任何人向他求助，他都会帮助。”

Minnie Driver is memorializing her costar Matthew Perry, recalling his ability to lift up the people around him.
明妮·德瑞弗正在纪念她的搭档马修·派瑞，回忆他鼓舞周围人的能力。

In an obituary published by The Guardian, the Good Will Hunting actress remembered the late Friends star, whom she acted alongside in a 2003 production of David Mamet's Sexual Perversity in Chicago. "He had been in a good place when we were doing the play, but the thing about him was he was like a light," Driver wrote of Perry. "He was one of those people who just made other people feel good. Somehow, they don't suck you down into their sadness, or their pain, and I know now that his pain was great."
在《卫报》发表的一篇讣告中，这位《心灵捕手》的女演员回忆了这位已故的《老友记》明星，她曾在2003年在芝加哥出演大卫·马梅特的《性变态》。“我们拍这部戏的时候，他状态很好，但他就像一盏灯，”德瑞弗这样评价派瑞。“他是那种让别人感觉良好的人。不知何故，他们不会把你卷入他们的悲伤或痛苦中，我现在知道他的痛苦是巨大的。”

Driver also recalled Perry’s unique balance of sharp wit and reliable kindness. "Matthew was one of the quickest people you would ever come across, ruthlessly funny in the ways he'd react to people," she wrote. "He wouldn't let you get away with anything.
德瑞弗还回忆说，派瑞在敏锐的机智和可靠的善良之间有着独特的平衡。“马修是你能遇到的反应最快的人之一，他对人的反应非常有趣，”她写道。“他不会放过你的。

Invariably, I would tell really long stories and he'd always do this brilliantly timed bit where he'd nod off in the middle — so funny — but he wasn't mean in any way. He was the most self-deprecating person and really kind. Anyone who asked him for help, he would help."
我总是会讲很长的故事，而他总是在讲到一半的时候打个盹儿——太有趣了——但他一点也不刻薄。他是最会自嘲的人，而且真的很善良。任何人向他求助，他都会帮助。”

The actress reflected on Perry's conflicted relationship with his Friends fame as well. "Matthew, we mustn't forget, was a very good actor," she wrote. "I recently looked at the reviews for our play — and his were all really good, apart from one. I remember his reaction to it: 'Some people only want Chandler, and I don't know that I'm allowed to be anything other than that.' That character was going to be iconic and beloved for ever, but clearly, there was so much more to him."
这位女演员也谈到了派瑞和他的《老友记》名声之间的矛盾关系。“我们不能忘记，马修是一个非常好的演员，”她写道。“我最近看了一下对我们这部剧的评论，他的都很好，除了一个。我记得他当时的反应是:“有些人只想要钱德勒，我不知道除了钱德勒我还能做什么。”这个角色将永远是标志性的、受人喜爱的，但显然，他还有更多的东西。”

Driver continued: "But he knew that Friends was never going to let him go. It was a pretty tight yoke. Part of Matthew's inner struggle was that he was so closely identified with a role that was also beloved to him — one that he was so good at. But it also held him in a specific place, so it felt like a tug of war. I also think if you struggle with addiction and you have this extraordinary, rarefied life where people love you so completely, it's always difficult to come to terms with the possibility of your fallibility."
德瑞弗继续说道:“但是他知道《老友记》是不会让他走的。这是一个很紧的轭。马修内心挣扎的部分原因是，他与一个他深爱的角色如此紧密地联系在一起——一个他非常擅长的角色。但它也把他固定在一个特定的地方，所以感觉就像一场拔河比赛。我还认为，如果你与毒瘾作斗争，你拥有非凡的、稀薄的生活，人们如此彻底地爱着你，那么你总是很难接受自己可能会犯错。”

Driver explained that though she found Perry's 2022 memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing tough to read, it ultimately served as a positive force in his life. "I last saw him on his book tour last year. It was such a relief hearing him say that by putting all that tough stuff out there, he'd exorcised it in a way," she said. "I'm incredibly grateful that he got to have the experience of how much people loved that book, and loved him, outside of Friends. Ultimately, it seemed like a positive thing."
德瑞弗解释说，尽管她发现派瑞2022年出版的回忆录《朋友、情人和大可怕的事情》很难读，但它最终成为了他生活中的一股积极力量。“我最后一次见到他是在去年的巡回售书会上。“听他说，通过把所有困难的东西都放在那里，他在某种程度上驱除了它们，这真是一种解脱，”她说。“除了《老友记》之外，我非常感激他能体会到有那么多人喜欢这本书，也喜欢他。最终，这似乎是一件积极的事情。”

Perry died Oct. 28 at 54, from "acute effects of ketamine." His passing inspired an outpouring of tributes from fellow actors and entertainers, including Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Julia Roberts, Zac Efron, George Clooney, John Mulaney, Sarah Paulson, and many more.
派瑞于10月28日死于“氯胺酮的急性反应”，享年54岁。他的去世引发了其他演员和娱乐界人士的悼念，包括詹妮弗·安妮斯顿、考特尼·考克斯、马特·勒布朗、丽莎·库卓、大卫·修蒙、朱莉娅·罗伯茨、扎克·埃夫隆、乔治·克鲁尼、约翰·穆拉尼、莎拉·保尔森等等。