Friends Cast Oprah 2003 Interview

[Applause] this is it the last season the ends of an arrow I'm standing on the actual set of one of the biggest television shows in history and so this this is Central Park the famous coffee shop where every Thursday night for ten whole years we've all hung out with Rachel and Chandler Monica and Joey and Phoebe and Ross and today in their first farewell interview the cast of friends says goodbye please welcome Jennifer Aniston [Applause] [Music] [Applause] it's really thrilling to be here darling really if you're going to see all of you guys you what do you think the finale week is going to be like I think that Jennifer probably won't be able to breathe because she starts crying like I think she started talking the first day we got here this year and did you you're going right now over the thought of it yeah and I think that it'll be the bear will be the most emotional week we will probably ever go through ever it's hard to believe it was only ten years ago when we first introduced to Peavy Rachel Monica Ross Joey and Chandler I met the cast back in 95 and the friends frenzy was just starting your newfound fame has changed your personal lives not at all [Laughter] really Jennifer anything you know no I haven't felt I still just go to work everyday and and the only difference yet I don't get it as much as these guys I don't know why I haven't been bombarded by people and I don't feel it has changed my life that much [Applause] for some reason it's a circular it was circular who do you think is going to be consoling whom when the final week comes it comes who will be the biggest consoler in the group here I think I think we'll all be really consoling each other and Jennifer's you know this is the last bagel I'm gonna eat done the second day of rehearsal all of you eat lunch together still everyday yeah yeah every day for ten years and is it true that you ordered the same thing every day for ten years yeah yeah I'm so tired a salad but I think you don't say I'll just take glamour she's having it is easier same time what is the salad it's a Cobb salad every day the same thing yeah I'm a creature of habit creature of habit but you know we change it up on Thursdays and Fridays actually yeah throws a mind to mix it up a little bit yeah I want to ask about this I know I have a a bunch of questions about who is okay who's gonna have the hardest time do you think on the final taping day the hardest time Jennifer Jennifer no because she's getting it out now okay I think Maddie may have a longer time but the last night here will be really tough we will be tough for you who is the funniest who is the funniest Matthew Perry Matthew Perry oh I don't know about that being the funniest person not necessarily on camera yes yeah who's definitely mad okay oh and without writers anything he's the funniest person from the time he wakes up for the time he goes to bed that I think I've ever met okay who's the most serious David is who's the most emotional yeah who's the best advice giver Courtney okay who's the person most likely to borrow 20 bucks okay who's the person most likely to be late me and Jennifer okay who's the person you call the middleman I think you know who's the person you would call in the middle then I think you've a thrown in jail Courtney goes oh boy we are oh okay who's the biggest flirt oh wow everybody there - laughs yeah I think everybody I think we stop flirting with each other well you know to the extent that the beginning at some point you just realized you don't have a shot okay lose the most stubborn Oh swimmer who would win for surprised at a karaoke contest Courtney Courtney definitely coordinate doesn't machine than us because I like it so much Mathi would probably win for singing okay who's changed the most in the in the past ten years who has changed the most the job noticed the camera just went to me I certainly I suppose have had you know well-documented ups and downs no LeBlanc I've always thought of as like blue-collar like show up every time every day on time gives a hundred percent always got your back he's the guy you want like if you're getting a fight in a bar he's the guy we have these really rich full characters to hide behind to sit there with it as ourselves it's really kind of nervous yeah we're joy be having a better time no he hit on you [Applause] okay coach in you well at least he's got the most unpredictable comic timing and instincts that I shall constantly surprise you and probably herself which is a real gift aha yeah she's also well you know she's a knockout I love her hair right now well Court has most people may not know this but she's just got the most generous heart of anyone you will ever know seriously Rach hysterical some of the best lines are off-camera when it's not you know when there's no camera rolling Jen she's just she amazes me also very generous warm warm person so it just always puts the other person first and I think it's a gift I feel the love here I feel the love I will do I really do amongst all of you okay that's been trapped [Applause] later American babies the friends lives off TV and coming up it is an emotional day oh I don't know if I can do it yet stay tuned [Music] [Applause] the hit show friends and it's the final season and all of the stars we've come to know and love are giving their first farewell interview I want to ask who do you Jennifer who do you most want Rachel to end up with oh sorry well I mean god that's a test well I think if you go back to the beginning you know I think everybody's had a special place for Ross and Rachel are you getting a little misty over this just made me think about the episode where the first kiss and all these so much history between moments that we love but in the gag reel there was one saying where LeBlanc kept running and tripping and we had to do take the tape and finally we got it right in them Matt Perry came in and trip I mean those are moments that not necessarily the you know make it to a show your favorite moments when I fall down through your favorite French moments we all have ours I mean I think the birth of a must for me yeah what was that for you I love that moment yeah that whole season I think I loved Alice for the first kiss with Ross and Rachel I love first kiss with Ross and Rachel yeah I like the way you refer to them as Ross and Rachel there are other people there other people okay Courtney favorite moment hey a friend moment um well I mean the favorite one for me to play or be part of was when I asked Chandler to marry me Oh [Applause] Chandler and all my life I never thought I would be so lucky the reason why girls don't do that that scene when we decided to get married is up there for me Lisa for me personally my favorite was singing with Chrissie Hynde [Applause] [Music] and you know don't don't feel bad cuz it's a hard song me night yes I don't know if my favorite friends moment is on camera I would have to say maybe the huddle backstage and I think it's you know I mean it's like stuff between the scenes for me is really really great you know these are five awesome people and what do you think you're gonna admit coach you're gonna go on Joey's gonna go on Joey's gonna have his own series right hopefully yeah so will you think will it be as bittersweet for you or you will you be already thinking about moving on and how to create the next thing it feels very strange to really think about that in that you know you know a kind of a gung-ho way without closure here you know so I really want to enjoy the closing of this before I really go on without having closure here it doesn't feel right I feel kind of like betraying it's like I feel afraid you know it's like well you guys are coming right at a funny pitch for the tight I was going to call it where the hell is everyone [Laughter] like that title didn't fly so none of the characters that we've come to know through friends are gonna like even pass through Joey or no Joey or that's I would love it yeah maybe you can help me talk about yeah oh well what people may not know about Matthew Perry is that he's probably one of the most sensitive people as long as as well as being funny mm-hmm in a genius he's also as a genius too andddd yeah he's very smart he played website to tennis I think you speak French a bit and he's he's a really strong you know supportive dear friend and Courtney I just love you so much she's just been there for me in a lot of ways and she really is the most dependable and loyal and funny as all get-out I mean she just cracks me up constantly Schwing Schwing stern is we have a lot of history he's uh he's alright you know again really smart and helps me figure out things that I understand but he's really I can be really honest with with David and speak my mind and I really appreciate you all most done yeah almost okay I want to take a minute okay what do you think of all of us Oprah [Applause] it's gonna be bittersweet I don't know I don't know what is what does NBC gonna do I'm thinking okay what are they gonna do with that time slot it's gonna feel a little empty Joey same time spot same same time slot yeah okay well that's funny how it goes today okay I appreciate that you feel this deeply about each other I really do yeah I know I know I'm waiting I'm waiting oh I don't know if I can do it yet let's go into something else okay okay take a break deep breath isn't this endearing no way I do that very very moved by know I really will bike all right can you finish this yes I can um dearest Lisa Kudrow who's also one of the most talented actresses and I've learned so much from you as a comedian unbelievable but a dramatic actress that knocks your socks off and just basically being one of the most loving and with these girls what we've got what we've gained from each other and taught each other and watched each other get married and just lived through so much and so unconditional you know and she's amazing matt LeBlanc is just you know the best big brother young big brother you are older than me you know I feel so protected by Matty and he's talked about somebody who can read me a mile I know I seem obvious I see him staring at me giving me this look and then he just walks over to me and he says sit down talk to me what's going on and he just gets you to lose it if there's something to lose or or figure something out and he's just amazing and one of the most loving dearest loving funny and inspiring I love you okay you told right now this is gonna be a rough week the last week is gonna be very tough here I wanted to show you how to romance things our bedroom is the cast of friends take me on a behind-the-scenes tour what do you think you guys are going to take the sets and next the true story behind their multi-million dollar salary negotiations stay tuned [Music] Frank's executive producers Kevin Wright Marta Kauffman and David Crane have a big job ahead of them writing the farewell episode of Friends [Music] right now we're figuring out how the show is going to end if they're funny yeah I'll be sweet and hopefully it'll also be a little bit sad the three of us are just focused on bringing friends to a satisfying ending what we know is we want them to be happy and okay so that we all feel good about saying goodbye and when they tried to tell the cast what they mean to them words didn't come easy you dream of an opportunity like this and to have ten years of working people who can do anything has been there's the greatest joy I've learned so much from you in so many ways we at least owe you one promise and that will be we will never do a reunion movie it's been the best years so when it's all done all done had our last tears in your now home and it's that first week what will you be doing causing the Joey show calling the Joey show do you need a sarcastic free Matthew it's your time to tell me about all of your friends Oh Maddie's a great kisser Maddie's Maddie's the kind of guy that you know just has you back more than you know he's you know somebody wrong he's right there with a baseball bat ready to go not that he's a mafioso but he told us earlier he can kick everybody really is the central good guy and Lisa I think Lisa is one of the true original comedians David David is the is the ultimate team player I'd like to say about this you know it was very well publicized that you know we we did all these you know silly negotiations and all this stuff together you know yes we all picture all of you going in as you know yeah I don't know if any of us actually went like this at the beginning certainly David was the was the guy David was that he got the first movie he got the first thing David was the guy and he was the one who suggested that we all go in and negotiate as a team when he could have you know Ghana negotiated for the most as that's the guy yeah so I so he came into my dressing room he said I think we should all do this is a team then I went okay idiot [Laughter] and Courtney who I I just love and and and I've just seen Courtney you know Kourtney's life just become kind of exactly the way that Courtney's wanted her life to be and that makes me very happy and Jenny you know Jenny is a really hard worker you know Jenny well being very sweet and stuff has had some stuff in her life that she's had to address and she just has you know and so right in front of all of our eyes have watched Jen blossom into just this beautiful woman back hit guest stars on friends why was Jennifer so nervous the inside story next [Music] please keep chicken and the turkey and everything on the other side of the table the smell is just yeah I'm sorry what I said it was typical typical of you Rachel Green Queen Rachel does whatever she wants in a little Rachel land I think Brad Guzan was that hard for you yes not in not in a way of like oh god this is hard but I was so nervous for him he was so nervous the two madyun swimmer we were waiting off what is it when it entered yet on stage okay his first entrance and he kept saying I'm gonna mess up my line I'm gonna mess up my first line and we were like no you're not gonna mess up the first line and he went to the door we all looked at each other girl he did but he had to I think you could get that out to get that out but it was so we were all there he didn't expect you kill you open the door and he's standing there everybody went ballistic and he was that it was him standing there so I think he got kind of thrown I think expected that Lisa oh well tell us about your cast mates well I mean there's a running theme with all of them for me they're all so trustworthy and dependable which is a very big deal but Matt it's what everybody has said is definitely you embody trustworthy and dependable and your heart is huge solid gold either because also you're now one of my favorite characters my wife Simone and I mean we wouldn't be this group without David Schwimmer doing his part in the very beginning saying the only way we're not going to resent each other after a negotiation is if we all get the same exact thing and that was Oh everything brilliant brilliant and everything and he was right and Courtney there's no malice there's no gain it's just the most honest dependable trustworthy person and then also hilariously funny mm-hmm Courtney is really unique person so I've never met anyone like her Matthew Perry is I mean I know it's been said you know one of the funniest people but I don't know what I'm gonna do not seeing you every single day and laughing I mean that's something I'm really gonna miss cuz I don't know of anyone who makes me laugh as much and then Jennifer who is just one big throbbing heart that's supposed to sound good because you're all emotion and feeling and support she's right there with you even if you said I accidentally killed someone it wasn't your fault it couldn't have been your fault you know just that kind of like loyal unconditional support and love is who you are to me just yeah and talented she throws her script away practically like the minute she gets it cuz it's got a you know she's working from in here and she gets it right it's unbelievable to watch her work yeah that's fantastic polina Courtney and Jennifer Cox babies and a friend on the brain Matthew Perry on his struggle with addiction and his life or death decision if I keep living my life this way there isn't going to be any life in real life four of the six friends have tied the knot Lisa Kudrow was the first marrying advertising executive Michael Stern she was also the first off-screen mom their son Julian is 5 years old Courtney Cox was next she walked down the aisle in actor David Arquette two years ago Jennifer Aniston said I do too Brad Pitt in a spectacular Malibu wedding and the latest friend to hear wedding bells was Matt LeBlanc who married longtime love Melissa McKnight in a romantic ceremony high atop a Hawaiian flip okay so let's talk about some of your life changes off-camera okay Matt you recently married yes you're expecting your first baby yes yeah well she has two from her first marriage uh-huh Tyler and Jacqueline they're great and I'm great with them answer that myself but yes I am great with them yeah great with them okay and now so what's it like to be expecting it's exciting yeah uh-huh it's great it's a pregnant woman's a beautiful thing [Applause] why are you gonna win a lot of points for that everybody's like when is that Joey show coming up well everybody knows Matthew went through a life crisis and really inspired a whole lot of people actually when you reveal your addiction and you got a lot of help I thought that was really amazing that you had the courage to do that thank you yeah yeah you know it actually has very little to do with courage at first it's really a it's it's kind of a life or death kind of situation so what saved me was was finally getting a little bit of clarity in my life and realizing that this was this was it if I keep living my life this way there isn't gonna be any life so you you ultimately kind of I guess the key word is surrender and you and you realize that you need help so you finally ask for it and you realize the Matthew Perry plan sucks you know was it hard to see a friend in trouble yeah for you guys David watching a friend in trouble who's really yeah and I think I've read that you'd said this Matthew that you knew that even though there were other people trying to help save you that you knew you had to hit your own personal bottom yeah I mean look I mean you've you've been able to see in the last half-hour how wonderful all these guys are yeah and these are the people that I work with you know but it is it really is for anybody out there struggling you need to you you need to realize that it's time to do something about it because you're so closed off to everything so the most loving group of people who are saying everyday you know we love you it can we help doesn't really work until you and he's there a moment or there a series of moments for me there was a moment there's a memo mayor was a moment where you just kind of it's it's kind of like God just kind of opens the window or shines a light on your situation for one split tell us what it was was it too personal the actual details of it are too personal but it was I mean it hit me like a flash it was like it was like oh look what I've been doing for the last few years of my life and now I now it's that has to be that has to come first before anything so that's why I walked up a movie set and I stopped doing anything to leave the boys go pull it together with help from people who are much smarter than me about this because the Matthew Perry plan okay so Jen when this is all done do you want to go home and have babies yes I'm gonna do that will you do it immediately like as soon as the show yeah yeah cuz do you think do you think that the part of the whole friends and the everything that's happened in the past decade has you know sort of kept you from it it's just you know I think the opportunity just hasn't really presented itself huh and it's just I mean there is that weird little knock and itch something that does start to happen and has you into your 30s and I'll hitch in a little bit yeah like oh I'll take a puppy that I see and just devour it I mean like any little thing you know even a little mani sometimes no you know yeah I mean definitely it's it's that time it's a good chapter and I'll end up an ending of this time period and now on to it on to the next chapter yeah good same things Courtney in a recent interview I read you talking about having children yeah yes I want to want to - yeah desperately your agent you feeling the itch yeah I'm 39 I've been itching for quite a while anything yeah baby little Maddy can help [Music] everybody says you an amazing mom really yeah oh good right dad I've heard that what makes you so amazing well I guess I mean go ahead don't be modest about it good um well for better or worse I don't know I know I'm obsessed with my child and is he happy and am i doing okay well that would make you having the intention to be a great mother all the time so Matthew David what's it like for you to being the only single guys really well I'm not single had a beautiful girlfriend oh okay that out there somewhere okay but she's very camera shy she's probably hiding oh I was so happy to see on the show that you had a black girlfriend that was very nice that works for me yeah still ahead is there anybody here who's just a little scared stay tuned what is it that you really wish for each other when this is done and this is all said and done I wish that the Joey shows a huge hit Matt and I wished for Lisa she's got a lot going on right now she's producing now and I think she's gonna be just amazing at it so I hope that goes great and of course her son Julian I hope that just she's just the greatest mom and I just hope that she enjoys every day as much as she's been enjoying the last five years of his life and schwimmer he's an amazing director so I don't know if your aspirations are to continue direct but I want you to so I hope you get married one day because you're gonna make it great husband and Matthew I hope that he just grown so much and I'm so proud of him he's so strong and and I just love him and Jennifer I hope that she just is the happiest person in the world because she deserves to be and so I just wanted to be the most happy and have all of her personal dreams fulfilled can I ask you guys is it is any part of this scary because when something's worked so well for so long and you've been so good at it I mean it's I think for a lot of people very difficult to stop doing something that really works well and that you've been so successful and would be scary is there anybody here who's just a little scared mm-hmm I was terrified about the idea of it ending yes but then I you know luckily embrace what's gonna happen in yeah yeah of course you never stupid things like I mean there were some great perks great perks okay they're stupid but I like being able to get into a restaurant yeah I don't know when that is going to end you're still gonna be able to get into around but actually had this discussion you don't you think like the show's gonna be over and then people say you can't come in here you know I don't know stupid stuff like it that is your turn to talk about your castmates lisa is a big old smartypants and her laugh is incredibly infectious and if she goes everyone's gone yeah and she is a great mom and her son Julian's a little angel although he's great he's a cutie-pie and David is the consummate professional he really is and has the ability to really pull at your heartstrings while making you laugh your ass off so he's really great in Kourtney I just love she's so sweet and so smart and generous and I think has really found a funny voice for her character and Matthew Perry is so razor sharp and smart and inventive and knows right where the funny is it's really great working with you I've learned a lot that knows bright where the funny is it really does I mean just like his character on TV will kind of when there's a sensitive moment he'll make a joke but really he's an old softy he's a good guy and Jen there's one big giant part it's over the last couple of seasons I've had the pleasure of really working close with Jennifer you're so alive on stage and you just really work from the heart and are really sensitive and really ground the material and really have a have a great work ethic and really just dynamite as a whole I think from these five people here I've really learned a lot about what I do for a living from them it's really been an education and thanks you guys for years millions have copied their trendy style yes Jennifer Aniston and Courtney Cox take us on a rare backstage tour to the wardrobe department we're looking in their closet okay so here's the friends favorite hangout everybody knows this you watch the show this is Central Perk Lisa and David you're gonna show us around yeah we're always here okay this is where you guys all look this is it we don't sit back there yes we do drink real coffee during the show is that a real cake this is real we're okay really get a real food here and well you need to check if it's real from a month ago okay central perks comfy chairs and squishy sofas are inviting so much so this set has been copied and immortalized by coffee houses around the world I thought it was a great big coffee house I mean I've been on sets before but is it smaller than you thought audience yeah a little smaller than you thought well now we're going to Monica and Chandler's apartment where the whole gang spends a lot of time so guys hi hey Joyce around your patio this is very nice the cranberry Monica always has something fantasy on the table she handled all that Four Seasons meticulous Monica's taste has been eclectic mixing modern classic and quirky in person you notice a lot more tchotchkes I wanted to show you how romantic our bedroom is okay follow here okay see how beautiful oh yeah yeah that's the bedroom we don't like to have sex unless 300 people but cozy mm-hmm it's functional hi guys we're gonna take you to us we live across the hall this is nice thank you this is good you wanna see what happens when everybody runs up the stairs see oh this is when they come running yeah there's nothing there oh you join us join us oh there's no ceiling come on well a foosball probably the most famous foosball table in the water right there in the Smithsonian yeah maybe yeah at my house it's your house what do you think you guys are gonna take from the set you think you actually end up taking some stuff Matthew Perry probably take that I'll take this you'll take the change yeah would you really want to change it well I begin what do you got a Cleveland are you taking I'm gonna take I want to take a blanket okay thank you over the years friends has been known for its trend-setting hip style let me shop and no one gets hurt we couldn't leave without checking out the wardrobe department standing from this mirror and tell me you've never looked better in your life oh yeah right this is a feel-good mirror do you get to decide at all what you want to wear as the character because the character get to decide yeah the character definitely I mean their date you know they pull them make the most amazing clothes and then you guys go you looks like you should get to Sean right oh my gosh you got all the stuff oh boy this is a little findi thing here going on look at the men over there look look at the guys do you guys have as much fun with the clothes stuff as the girls well the dresses don't fit us do you realize this is probably the last time we're all gonna be here in the coffee house the friends say they've grown up on this set and leaving the stage is like leaving home they're even leaving a chef they lovingly call mom this anger nice to meet you nice to meet you you're the famous salad lady well I kind of shakes it up a little bit and so you just ask for whatever you want and either gives it to you is that it well you know hopefully on a good day what's your specialty today what'd you make today anger I made egg scramble I stopped making out the accent just like tonight we're counting down every Thursday on NBC until friend says good [Music] will you watch the final episode together yes yeah we'll watch the final episode together for sure for sure I mean I'm telling you now well we will all be there in front of our TV so we will all America will be watching thank you so much thank you [Applause] [Music] you

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Length: 40min 42sec (2442 seconds)

Published: Mon Feb 17 2020