{"id":277607,"date":"2019-08-06T06:02:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T12:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1062564"},"modified":"2019-08-06T06:02:05","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T12:02:05","slug":"youre-not-alone-jennifer-aniston-is-also-nostalgic-for-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/youre-not-alone-jennifer-aniston-is-also-nostalgic-for-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;re Not Alone: Jennifer Aniston Is Also Nostalgic for Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201917\/rs_600x600-190207121652-600-jennifer-aniston-friends2.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"43.257042253521\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"28.838028169014\">\n<p>You&#8217;re not the only one who misses <em>Friends<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/jennifer_aniston\">Jennifer Aniston<\/a><\/strong> opens up about her nostalgia for the show in the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/celebrity\/jennifer-aniston-anniversary-issue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anniversary Issue of <em>InStyle<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I started to find my confidence when I was&nbsp;on&nbsp;<em>Friends<\/em>, for sure,&#8221; she tells the publication. &#8220;In a way, being on that show was the ultimate trust exercise. There was comfort in numbers there, so we all held each other up. I miss a lot about that time. Having a job that was absolute, pure joy. I miss getting to be with people I love massively and respect beyond words. So, yes, these days I&#8217;m super nostalgic. Anything can make me go, &#8216;Aww.&#8217;&nbsp;Even [retailer] Fred Segal, I guess. I don&#8217;t know why that one got me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In fact, there are a lot of things the Rachel Green star misses about that&nbsp;decade in general.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I think back on the &#8217;90s, it makes me nostalgic\u2014period,&#8221; she explains. &#8220;They were simpler times. This is going to sound odd, but there was a sense of safety in the world. We weren&#8217;t exposed to as much as we are now. And even if there was just as much s&#8211;t going on, we didn&#8217;t necessarily have it in our faces 24\/7. It was lighter. There was a lot more human connection.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"60\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"10\">\n<p>As fans will recall, the first episode of <em>Friends<\/em> aired in 1994. While Aniston says the cast was &#8220;wide-eyed and bushy-tailed,&#8221; she also notes they &#8220;had no idea what was coming.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just remember not understanding that this was my life,&#8221; she recalls. &#8220;The level of gratitude, my God.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"56.585365853659\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"15.914634146341\">\n<p>Fast-forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1038741\/15-years-after-the-friends-finale-let-s-settle-the-debate-were-ross-and-rachel-on-a-break\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">15 years<\/a> and 62 Emmy nominations later, and the show is still one fans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1052609\/the-high-cost-of-the-office-friends-and-the-allure-of-old-tv-shows?query=Friends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cherish<\/a>. While viewers are constantly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1047036\/jennifer-aniston-is-open-to-a-friends-reunion-and-says-her-co-stars-are-too\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crossing their fingers for a reunion<\/a>, Aniston has fallen in love with new projects, including <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1025722\/reese-witherspoon-jennifer-aniston-reveal-new-details-about-the-morning-show-on-apple-tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Morning Show<\/a><\/em>. Even though the 50-year-old actress describes her role as &#8220;the hardest job&#8221; she&#8217;s had so far, she also says it&#8217;s served as &#8220;a really great reminder&#8221; about why she&#8217;s in this business.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m at a place now where I actually feel like I&#8217;ve grown up and entered into who I am creatively,&#8221; she says. &#8220;It&#8217;s taken me this long to know what I&#8217;m capable of. I didn&#8217;t always know. I think I used to put a lot of that in the hands of other people. Now I&#8217;m taking ownership of it. And you know what? It feels really good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To read Aniston&#8217;s full piece, check out the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/celebrity\/jennifer-aniston-anniversary-issue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anniversary Issue of <em>InStyle<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1062564\/you-re-not-alone-jennifer-aniston-is-also-nostalgic-for-friends?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;re not the only one who misses Friends. Jennifer Aniston opens up about her nostalgia for the show in the new Anniversary Issue of InStyle. &#8220;I started to find my confidence when I was&nbsp;on&nbsp;Friends, for sure,&#8221; she tells the publication. &#8220;In a way, being on that show was the ultimate trust exercise. 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