Lisa Kudrow: Everything Good
Q: What about the guys? Have they bonded the way the women have?
A: Not as much as the girls, no. But that's just the way girls are. With guys, they bond over things. So if they don't have the same things in common, it's going to be harder. These are all good, decent guys.
Q: What's your favorite film that each of them has appeared in?
A: I've always felt they were great in everything they've done. Matt LeBlanc in Lost in Space, he's a great romantic action hero--he's a sexy, take-charge kind of guy. And Matthew Perry is really charming, I love watching him as a romantic lead. But I don't like gory movies, so I don't see all of my friends' films. I haven't seen any of the Screams, Courteney's movies. She understands. I saw Se7en, Brad's film, and I couldn't sleep for two weeks after that.
Q: Jennifer Aniston received much critical acclaim last year for her role on "Friends" and for The Good Girl. Any jealousy?
A: No. Because everyone's had it at some point or another. We all learned pretty fast that if one gets a turn, they're like waves, they just keep coming.
Q: When Courteney found David and Jennifer found Brad, did they look for support or
approval from the rest of you?
A: Not so much. As girls, we all talk about our relationships, but then once they turned into marriages, that became something more sacred.
Q: Does your husband or Brad come on the set much?
A: Michel [Stern] is here almost every week. So is Brad. They come on show nights. David Arquette shows up sometimes during the week, because he plays basketball near here.
Q: Have any of your "Friends" guest stars been nervous?
A: They've all been scared. Susan Sarandon. Bruce Willis. Sean Penn was nervous and he's done plays. Alec Baldwin didn't seem scared, but he isn't afraid of anything.
Q: Let's talk about your movies. Your latest is Wonderland with Val Kilmer-- he plays porno stud John Holmes and you play his wife, Sharon. Have you seen any of Holmes's movies?
A: I've seen clips, but I'm not a big porno fan.
Q: What do you think of him?
A: He was fascinating--he had a wife and a girlfriend, and they all lived together for a while.
Q: Val Kilmer's career is in need of a boost--will this give it to him?
A: I think so, but you never know. He's a really good actor.
Q: Did you work well with him?
A: He dragged stuff out of me that wouldn't have come out otherwise, because I'm not as strong as he is.
Q: In the films you've done, which ones did you think were going to work?
A: I really liked The Opposite of Sex.
Q: What insight did you gain into Christina Ricci's character from working with her?
A: She was younger then, and she's still young. She seemed at times like a teenage girl, that insecure thing where she felt an actor wasn't being nice because he wasn't attracted to her. And then there was this other side, this really tough person who had already experienced so much.
Q: That film's director, Don Roos, said there's something in you that's very dark.
A: I know he said that. I don't see it. Doesn't mean it's not there.
Q: Diane Keaton, who directed you and Meg Ryan in Hanging Up, has described you as mysterious, complicated, sly and witty.
A: Sly! Sly! She thinks I'm sly? [Laughs] That's a compliment.
Q: Are you also complicated?
A: Well, who isn't?
Q: Mysterious?
A: Not intentionally. I just keep my mouth shut if I don't know what I'm talking about. Maybe that's what it is. Most people who seem mysterious have a mop floating around in their heads [laughs].
Q: What was it like being on-set with Keaton and Ryan?
A: They would talk about architecture and design. When I talked about architecture, Diane would laugh at me.
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