Jennifer Aniston Recalls The “Magic” Of Her First Friends Season

Jennifer Aniston is reminiscing on the “magic” of her early Friends days. In a new interview with People, the actor looked back on the sitcom, in which she played Rachel Green for 10 seasons, and recalled one of the first cast photoshoots from Series 1.

“I think we were holding a sheet over us and I don’t know what that meant,” she said. “Oh, everything was the most exciting thing on the planet. It was just magic. Nothing was not exciting. Everything was exciting.”

Speaking to the magazine, Aniston also talked about visiting the Friends set for the first time at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. “I do remember stepping onto the set and I don't know, it was just magic. It was the best,” she said. “The cast that I met, the show that I was able to be on that has touched so many people and continues to touch people — that’s probably the most important.”

Aniston also shared the “many” life lessons she learned on the sitcom, revealing what she’d tell her younger self today. “That feeling when it wasn’t about ‘making it’ but just working — maintain that,” she said. “Patience, to be kind, to respect your fellow actors. And just tell the truth.”

This isn’t the first time Aniston has reminisced on Friends as of late. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal in 2023, the actor recalled being cast in the series, which debuted 30 years ago.

“I had auditioned the day before. I really wanted it really badly,” she said. “I just gave it my all and came home. I think it was that day, by 2 p.m. that same day I got the job.”

In another interview with PopSugar, she disclosed that she regretted a “big splurge” with her first Friends pay check, revealing that she’d purchased a “Mercedes that had a for sale sign on it.” She then added, “I drove it, and then drove it again. And it never drove again. It was a lemon.”