Matthew Perry Knows He "Will Never Be Involved in Anything as Big as Friends Ever Again" 

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Matthew Perry Knows He "Will Never Be Involved in Anything as Big as

by Sydney Bucksbaum Mon., Jan. 12, 2015 12:58 PM PST

Go ahead, try and disagree with us. Just try. You. Will. Fail.

Even its stars know that they truly struck gold with their sitcom, and when we caught up with Matthew Perry after his 2015 TCA Winter Press Tour panel for his new CBS sitcom

, he spoke candidly about how he\'s still amazed at

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"I didn\'t envision living past 2000 so I had no idea [how big

would get]," Perry told a small group of reporters. "I never really thought about the future and I had no idea I would ever be involved in something as big as

And though Perry\'s previous attempts at launching a new sitcom didn\'t pan out—

both didn\'t last past their freshman seasons—he\'s optimistic about the rebooted

, it\'s ideal," Perry said. "It\'s exactly where we want to be, after the biggest comedy on television; our premiere episode is after

, including the ability to reboot a classic sitcom on a major network.

has allowed me to have my pick of a lot of TV shows I want to do," Perry said. "I try to choose things that are generally off the beaten path. But [

] is straight down the line, just an attempt to be funny on a big hit show."

As for why Perry finds himself returning to a multi-cam format over and over again?

because my attempt at being a movie star failed," Perry joked during the panel. 

"I have to work," Perry said with a laugh. "There was a time when

was over when I was like, ‘Oh, I can retire now if I want!\' I guess I did that for six months but there\'s only so many video games a man can play. I decided I needed to go back to work, and I\'ve had fun writing, too. It\'s fun, and I need to do it. I need that creative outlet."

have made their way to Netflix, Perry is amazed at how many new fans are discovering the show decades later. 

"That\'s what\'s interesting is that it\'s reaching a whole new audience," Perry said. "Younger people are now watching it and saying that it stands the test of time because we didn\'t do too many topical jokes, which makes it good."

For his part, though, Perry doesn\'t feel the need to watch old episodes. "I sometimes go back and watch the blooper reels, because they\'re so much fun to watch. But no, I don\'t go back to watch."

alums have shot down rumors of a reunion many times before, we still had to ask...because it\'s like standing at a water fountain, thirsty, without trying to drink water...any chance the cast will get together in any capacity?

"It\'s still on all the time!" Perry said with a laugh. "Listen, there\'s always talk about a reunion, but there\'s no

talk about that. There\'s been no talk about a reunion. We try to get together and have dinner once in a while, and even that\'s hard to do! We\'ve just told all the stories that needed to be told. We told 237 of them."

Now excuse us while we go watch all 237 of those via Netflix. No, we\'re not obsessed,

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