Jennifer Aniston Does ‘The New York Times Magazine’
Jennifer Aniston is featured on the cover and in the pages of the newest issue of The New York Times Magazine wherein she talks about … well, a lot of things. Here is Jen’s coverphoto and a portion of her fairly lengthy interview:
Q: What was the first television show you remember watching?
A: Oh, God — “The New Zoo Revue”? Or maybe “Land of the Lost?” No — it was that guy . . . Captain Kangaroo. He was on the porch with Mr. Green Jeans. Have I just dated myself?
Q: When did you first appear on a screen?
A: My dad became a soap opera actor, and I was an extra in a skating rink scene on the soap. I didn’t audition. It was nepotism all the way.
Q: Did you dream of being in big-screen movies rather than on television?
A: No. Never. As I grew up, there was “Mary Tyler Moore” and “Rhoda.” TV seemed cool.
Q: Did you make a lot of pilots before “Friends”?
A: Oh, yes — I have my sitcom graveyard. Before I even moved to L.A., I was cast in a show called “Malloy.” I played the spoiled little sister of the lead character. “Malloy” lasted six episodes. And then I was cast as Jeanie Bueller, the bratty sister in the TV version of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” That lasted almost a season.
Q: You’re lucky that the show that was successful — “Friends” — was the one that should have been. You could have been Jeanie Bueller forever.
A: That would have been the worst. When you accept a role in a pilot, you automatically sign up for five years. You think it’s scary to walk down the aisle? Try signing a five-year contract for a show you may not want to be part of down the road. That’s why “Friends” was so great. During the first week of shooting, I thought, I’ll be heartbroken if this doesn’t continue. It was the first time I felt like part of the cool kids.
Q: If “Friends” comes on when you’re home, will you watch?
A: I have. There are times I don’t even remember that particular show. This is horrible to say, but there are times when I laugh my rear end off. And I get in debates with people who are over and say, “ ‘Friends’ is not my thing.” Excuse you!
Q: During the huge success of “Friends,” were you anxious to parlay your popularity into movies?
A: I thought I’d never get movies. Then they started to think I could play the girl in the big Jim Carrey and Ben Stiller movies.
Q: And now you’re with Owen Wilson in “Marley & Me.” Did you read the book?
A: I was given the book four times. I just didn’t want to read a book about a dog. When they sent me the script, I thought, I’ll just start it and see, and all of a sudden I was in tears. We worked really hard to make it not just about a dog.
Q: Your other film, which is out in February, “She’s Just Not That Into You,” is based on a line from a “Sex and the City” episode — a move from one screen to another.
A: I wish it was “She’s Just Not That Into You”! Unfortunately, it’s “ He’s Just Not That Into You.” The other would be more empowering.
Q: Another screen that has gained in prominence since “Friends” is the computer screen. Has Internet stardom become oppressive to you?
A: Here’s where I luck out: I’m really computer illiterate. When I see people on their BlackBerrys, working them like some girls work a hair dryer, I’m just stunned. People have sent me clips from FunnyOrDie.com or YouTube, but I never seek it out. I did love that little girl in the Will Ferrell landlord clip on FunnyOrDie, but I’m content with just checking my e-mail.
Q: What about something like Facebook?
A: It’s not for me. I’d be opening myself up too much. I don’t want to sound like a complete innocent — I’ve looked at things, of course. But it’s such spewing. If I look at it, I’ll be affected. It’s like dancing with the devil. But I have spent hours on FirstDibs.com, looking at furniture. And I like to play Scrabble. And poker. I discovered Wii this weekend. I’m a late bloomer.
Q: How much do you hate cameras on phones?
A: My favorite move is when people pretend that they’re on the phone and they kind of dial and take the picture at the same time. You hope they’re doing it for themselves — that they’re not thinking, I’m going to dine out on you.
Q: Do you think “Friends” would be as successful if it went on the air now?
A: Hard to tell — that was a different time. Now TV has too much to do with celebrity. We have reality television, where people try to become celebrities and celebrities dancing and past celebrities trying to be celebrities again. I thank God for shows like “30 Rock.”
Q: Was it nice to be back on the small screen?
A: The whole experience felt like fate. I was flying into New York and I thought, I want to work in New York again. The next day they called and asked if I wanted to do an episode of “30 Rock,” which tapes in New York. And it was so much fun. So I guess, with screens, like everything else, size doesn’t matter.
Hmmm … she does tend to come off very charming in press interviews, doesn’t she? I have such a hard time understanding how people choose to shun technology but I suppose a celebrity, who is constantly being filmed and/or bombarded with everything at such a fast pace, might like the idea of cutting themselves off from any and everything every once-in-a-while. I can, somehow, see Jennifer Aniston playing on the Wii tho. After the jump, checkout two more photos of Jen from this issue of The New York Times Magazine …
The photos are cute, the interview is cute and I doubt anyone could dine on a cameraphone photo of Jennifer Aniston … well, depending on what she was doing (and with who), that is ;) It’s interesting that the topic of John Mayer never came up … Hmmm.
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November 22nd, 2008 at 2:57 pm
I totally don’t remember a TV version of Ferris Bueller
November 22nd, 2008 at 3:05 pm
i love these pics, there cute!
November 22nd, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Kent — you are a very lucky person. I have been trying to erase the memory of that wretched show for years now — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferris_Bueller_(TV_series)
November 22nd, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Okay well ‘wretched’ is certainly the right word, Trent - I just watched about 5 mins of the TV pilot on YouTube and all I can do now is beg my eyes and ears to forgive me.
Ferris Bueller on TV makes My Big Fat Greek Life look like a masterpiece.
November 22nd, 2008 at 5:13 pm
The photos are hilarious. And NOT in a good way. Her facial expressions look so weird and not very attractive
November 22nd, 2008 at 5:41 pm
What I really like about Jennifer Aniston is that she’s not afraid to be a little goofy and comedic. I think the photos are adorable, and the interview makes it clear that she’s a down-to-earth, funny woman.
November 22nd, 2008 at 5:48 pm
I just got finished reading the interview with Jen in the December Vogue - you know, people tend to forget that her main talent is comedy. Friends was successful because she was hilarious (they all were). She has great timing and delivery, so I’m kind of looking forward to her next two movies.
November 22nd, 2008 at 5:56 pm
I think she looks so sexy on the cover and this interview makes her sound great. I really love Jennifer but lately she has been coming off as so desperate, or at least the media makes her out that way. I hope I hear more things like this from her.
November 22nd, 2008 at 7:06 pm
I agree with Lana.
Lately Jen has been way too desperate. These PR stunts have been so obvious. Getting back with Mayer after he embarrassed the hell out of her, to me show her in such a desperate light. Bringing up Angie was a desperate move. It’s been 4 years and she not moving on… so desperate. I wish she had not said any thing, I’m embarrassed she did that.
Is it because she in turning 40?
November 22nd, 2008 at 7:33 pm
I think these pictures are so cute. She looks really fun in them. The interview was nice too- she came off really well and super cute.
November 22nd, 2008 at 7:50 pm
The photos emphasize how grounded she is. She doesn’t need to look glamorous all the time, even though she is a very beautiful woman. It’s not really fair to say that she is desperate. Who’s to say that she isn’t back with John Mayer because, in spite of the fact that he embarrassed her, she’s happier with him than without him? It seems probable to me - they look like they really care for each other. And I don’t think she brought up Angelina, I believe that was the interviewer. If it’s desperate for her to weigh in on it, then Angelina admitting publicly that Brad and her fell in love before he was divorced was crossing a line too. It’s hard for any human being to watch someone that you care about walk out of your life, especially when they’re going with someone else. I can’t even imagine how hard it would be to have to endure what she did, being that she had to watch him rapidly move on, and to have to wonder how long it had been going on. NO ONE can get away from Brad and Angelina, and that being said, it’s no wonder she doesn’t spend much time on computers. She’s only human, and she has the right to human reaction. She’s just as entitled to talk about her feelings as Angelina is. She didn’t name-call, she said it was “uncool.” I think she handled it VERY well.
November 22nd, 2008 at 8:17 pm
She is so desperate because she could not let her movie stand on it own. Her media team alerted the media and sent her through the Ivy.
If an interviewer ask her question she knows how to “not answer” I think it was planned to bash Jolie-that was a low blow. Yet she talk nice about Brad? He is the one that left her not Jolie. That screams desperate.
John said “there is no chemistry between them”
John said “he rather be alone”
John said “why waste her time” meaning she wanted something she was not going to get.
To beg and tie that man back up to your side is desperate. Pulling Pr stunts all over Hollywood is desperate. Having paid poster all over creation in hopes of pulling fans in is super desperate. The media is sick to death of Jen and want her to go away with the brought boyfriend, because she thinks it makes her look young….Gawd this chick is supper desparate
She and that douche bag are disgusting.
November 22nd, 2008 at 8:40 pm
On divorce: “There are things in my life that are hard to reconcile, like divorce. Sometimes it is very difficult to make sense of how it could possibly happen. Laying blame is so easy. I don’t have time for hate or negativity in my life. There’s no room for it. When you make wrong choices, you have to take responsibility for them: ‘What part of this do I own?’ I struggle to figure out what made me make those choices. All I can hope for is that I learned something from it and won’t make the same choices again.”
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Hey Katie this is what Reese Witherspoon had to say about divorce. I wish you and Jennifer Aniston learn it. Jen was as much to blame for her own divorce as Brad was. Jen is mentally ill and can’t understand that.
Jen needs to grow the heck up. She was wrong in that marriage to. She didn’t learn not to mess with jerks like John.
Wait till she get Mayer in marriage, she is going through the same thing all over again because you can tell Jen didn’t learn nothing so she will make the same mistakes. I can’t wait until that douche bag slam her to the curb after they divorce. She will not always be able to control his mouth.
If sad for a women to have to control a mans mouth. Jen really got a lot of bad karma coming her way and her media team will not be able to help her.
If Jen was not so “Desperate” she would not be making these stupid mistakes.
To keep bringing up a situation that was 4 years ago is meg-desperate and show us she did not move on.
November 22nd, 2008 at 9:33 pm
last 3 posters: you need to show your posts to your therapists; peace!
November 22nd, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Love her photos. I kind of find it awesome that she watches reruns of Friends.
November 22nd, 2008 at 11:12 pm
We will all become forty but not all of us can be as glamorous as her. One of the problems in this world is you idiots!! idolize people like brangelina! Adultery 2X ( maybe more who knows) heroin?? hoarding kids??self cutting?? knives? guns?? violence??. UNCOOL!!
November 22nd, 2008 at 11:25 pm
shes so cute
November 23rd, 2008 at 1:27 am
I’ve just finished reading this drivel… Why is it that in almost EVERY interview she does it’s so (for lack of a better term) childish. The questions posed to her are ones meant for a 14 year old - UNCOOL?! I’m not an American, but I can’t imagine that’s what 39+ year old women say, is it? All her interviews are like that… Is this how she is perceived by people?
Finally to “Sophie Niveau” -
Why are you harping on a part of Angie’s life that’s been over for YEARS? Are you so perfect that YOU’VE never done ANYTHING you regret in YOUR life? Did you happen to WITNESS with your own EYES Brad & Angie “doing it”? Why didn’t you take pictures of them together & send them to Aniston so she could present them to the judge when they went through their divorce. You could have helped Jen take Plan B Entertainment from Brad…
For your information, Sophie, 2 people ( 1 or both attached to others) can fall in love with each other & NEVER get together. Instead, they go their own ways & stay in unhappy marriages that grind on with both party’s growing resentful & bitter - God help kids, if there are any. Marriage isn’t intended to be legalized slavery, but an equal partnership.
I would rather have honesty in a marriage than deceit. Either your partner is screwing you behind your back (a laughing stock to those so-called friends aware of it & not saying anything), or sits you down & says to your face: “I think you’re great, but I just don’t love you anymore. I’m in love with someone else - Nothing happened. But I want out of this marriage - We’ll separate for 6 months & you can file for divorce…
Being a smart, mature person, I’d rather have the latter over the former in any kind of relationship. Unless you SEE with your OWN eyes a crime/sin committed say nothing… Would you want, or have you ever been, accused of doing something wrong (i.e. shoplifting) when you didn’t? How do you feel then?
‘Bye
November 23rd, 2008 at 4:59 am
She is a snore fest, and I’m sorry, but I don’t understand how somebody can have like five consecutive nosejobs and still have an ugly nose.
November 23rd, 2008 at 6:23 am
love her.
November 23rd, 2008 at 7:14 am
[...] Jennifer Aniston isn’t sure if Friends would have a chance on television today: “Hard to tell — that was a different time. Now TV has too much to do with celebrity. We have reality television, where people try to become celebrities and celebrities dancing and past celebrities trying to be celebrities again. I thank God for shows like “30 Rock.”[PinkIstheNewBlog] [...]
November 23rd, 2008 at 7:42 am
jen is adorable and down to earth and lovely. for everyone saying it was lame of her to bring up angie after 4 years, do you realize it was in response to angie bringing it up first?? do you know it was responding to angie coming out and commenting on how it was so great that her kids were going to be able to watch the movie where she and their dad fell in love (mr & mrs smith)?? that IS uncool. brad an jen were still married during the making of that movie. it drives me insane that angelina gets to be the saint all the time - she isn’t a saint at all. you want to talk about PR stunts? how about every flippin’ move that angie makes? everything angie does, even if it is charitable or whatever, it is a stunt to make her look like this uber-woman. when, in fact, if you look back at her past, she has seduced 2 married men, used to wear a vile of blood around her neck, and is just plain evil. i will stop ranting, but everyone needs to leave jen alone. she is just trying to live her life, and she is a helluva a lot more genuine than angelina.
November 23rd, 2008 at 7:49 am
Who cares how Reese Witherspoon handled the end of *her* marriage? Reese Witherspoon is not Jennifer Aniston…and she wasn’t in a marriage to Brad Pitt. She didn’t go through the things that Jennifer Aniston went through - and handling painful experiences is different for everyone. Even if the marriage isn’t a happy one, the dissolution is hard to go through. Adding another person to the equation hurts more, especially when that person speaks about their part of it in a public forum and the whole world gets to hear what they say. Angelina had to have known that Jennifer would hear about it. Really, who didn’t hear about it? You can say Jennifer should have kept her mouth shut, but you could say the same thing about Angelina. She didn’t have to offer up a chronology of how they fell in love before he was divorced. Why is Jen being vilified for giving an opinion on comments that hurt her more than anyone else in the world?
November 23rd, 2008 at 8:36 am
she looks super photoshopped on the cover
November 23rd, 2008 at 8:58 am
These Jennifer bashers on here are unbelievable..so hateful and rude about a really grounded and un-desperate woman. If any of you ladies had to go through that type of public divorce..you would be singing another tune! I don’t see any bad karma around her…the whole “what-goes-around-comes-around” is totally going to affect that retarded Brangelina couple! P.S. It’s funny how you guys think you understand why her and John got back together - those are your speculations but you act like they are truths. Haven’t you heard of people getting together because they LIKE each other? Have none of you ever broken up with someone and found out after you’re separated that you really want to get back together again? WAY too many people posting here acting all high and mighty for NO GOOD REASON.
Interviewers hound her for comments on the Brangelina thing by the way..God forbid she answer once in awhile (and I mean ONCE in awhile!!..she hardly comments on this subject) but that alien Angelina blabbers on and on…..take your blinders off people! Jennifer Aniston does not ask to discuss that topic but interviewers desparately try to get 1 or 2 lines out of her ALL the time..ALLLL the time.
Mikisix- nice lies there about 5 nosejobs…you’re wrapped up in these lies thinking they are truths……pretty sad.
November 23rd, 2008 at 9:02 am
Angelina gave a detailed timeline?
Really?
Because I have the Vogue issue in question and I didn’t see a detailed timeline.
Seriously… some women act like Jennifer Aniston is their personal Pied Piper. Too bad that none of you ever retain what she said for more than days or months at a time. If you all did, you would see how often she contradicts herself.
November 23rd, 2008 at 9:16 am
OMG..Aniston is sooooo boring.
and stupid.
conceited.
November 23rd, 2008 at 9:51 am
cute pictures, and I like jennifer’s interviews. she seems like she’d be fun to hang out with. I watched ‘the break-up’ last weekend, she and vince vaughn had great chemistry together.
that said, I’m also a fan of angelina and brad, their charity work is impressive and their little kids are cute.
I love how every post on any website that involves jen, brad or angie really brings out the crazy! I think it’s so weird to have such strong feelings about people you don’t know and will likely never know in real life.
November 23rd, 2008 at 9:56 am
You people do know there are Jen fans that wished DEATH on Angelina when she was pregnant and wished for her to miscarry!!!
Go to female first and see. Some Jen fans are disturbed
November 23rd, 2008 at 9:59 am
Also Jen found a comic about her KILLING Angelina to be the “funniest thing” she ever saw!
And Angelina’s falling in love comment was taken out of context
This is what she actually said…
“They’re going to have a great laugh – to see when their parents actually met, and watch them fall in love and try to kill each other!”
She was talking about the characters.
November 23rd, 2008 at 10:44 am
Jen is to stupid, her reading comprehension must be that of a 3rd grader. Jen wants her fans to pity her. I use to be a fan of hers until I really started looking into the facts myself. I discovered what Jen was saying was not really right. I think she does want sympathy.
The way she put out the information is totally inacurate. That’s why I’m done with her. It would have been better if she did not say anything in that Vogue interview about Angie.
She could have started out fresh but she chose the low road.
I think Jen cater to low intelligent divorced women who will not go look up the facts for them self. Glad I did now I know how Jen operates. Jen and CAA will fine out it’s not that many lonely dejected women that won’t move on with there life when her movie open. Most women move on and become happy well adjusted women who don’t dwell on their past for years.
I really find Jen to be truly demented.
November 23rd, 2008 at 10:55 am
wow. i wish i could have the five minutes of my life back after reading all this hate. I love your blog Trent, but some of your readers have MAJOR issues.
November 23rd, 2008 at 1:00 pm
i want to be her friend. she seems so awesome.
November 23rd, 2008 at 4:50 pm
I love Jennifer and the interview sounds great and the pics look great!
November 23rd, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Remember when people discussed talent and career accomplishments? Yeaaaaaah.
November 23rd, 2008 at 5:53 pm
i love the cover photo!! =) she’s super hot
November 23rd, 2008 at 7:49 pm
omg… they are celebrities going through what john doe and his missus down the road go through. If they all died your lives would still go on! Stop abusing other people for celebrities you dont know. You don’t know the full story and never will. none of us will. so stop acting like you know everything - thats to the ange camp AND jen camp.
right rant over, i like the pics, i think they are awesome :)
November 23rd, 2008 at 11:06 pm
I’ll definitely buy this magazine.
November 24th, 2008 at 4:07 am
I think my post was deleted…Oops… Hmm…
Jen Aniston. Don’t like her. She looks cute on the cover. More emotion than I’ve ever seen from her even in ‘Friends’, least fave of all the characters.
That is All.