Patrick Stoner: I want to talk about the comic actors’ art. I’ve been thinking about comic timing, because it’s fun to think …

Matthew Perry: Well, I feel that …. [He smiles, and points.] See, see what I did there? [He laughs.]

Stoner: That was SO good. Comic timing, right?

Perry: [He laughs again.] Right. What I did was, I spun it around, I switched it around. I’m sorry. You were talking about comic timing.

Stoner: I was TRYING to talk about comic timing, yes. So, you did the opposite there, didn’t you? Comic to serious …

Perry: Exactly. You never know what’s going on.

Stoner: You got lucky with your partner in crime, Jon Tenney, who plays your best friend in FOOLS RUSH IN. The two of you play off of each other well. Was that a result of rehearsals or was it automatic?

Perry: There wasn’t a whole lot of rehearsing going on with those scenes. We did a readthrough, and we got along really well. Jon and I went out and had a couple of beers and bonded. He’s a good guy, I’ll tell you. I sort of saw my relationship with him as a straight man. He set the tempo-rhythm, and I just grooved along with him — and I liked that.

Stoner: Now this Salma Hayek person … Boy, they pay you for this, do they?

Perry: Yeah, I know, it’s really insane, but don’t mention it, because they might STOP.

Stoner: I asked her the obvious question, “Do you believe there is ‘one someone’ for everyone?” She convinced me that she really believes that. Do you?

Perry: I HOPE that that’s true. Yeah, I go back and forth. I think that the notion that there is one person for everyone is a wonderful one. I HOPE it’s true.

Stoner: Well, it’s a funny film and rather touching …

Perry: Awww, did you cry?

Stoner: Not until this interview [laughs].

Perry: Ohhhh [laughs]. I’ll do the jokes, Pat.