The Most Jaw-Dropping Quotes From The ‘Friends’ Reunion

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Matt LeBlanc

“I’m not saying another fucking word until I see that $5 million check.”

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David Schwimmer

“I don’t think we’ve actually talked about this before, but the original plan during the early days of rehearsals was that I was going to use the show as a launching pad to a successful film career, but ultimately we decided to go in a different direction.”

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Former NBC President Warren Littlefield

“Oh, fun! Looks like the whole cast’s shock collars still work.”

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Matthew Perry

“One thing I regret creatively from the show is how the antics of Chandler, Joey, and Ross contributed to the emasculation of the American male. We made it seem like the feminist castration of male power was somehow silly or okay, and I will never live that down.”

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Lisa Kudrow

“Oh god, there’s blood. Blood everywhere.”

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Courteney Cox

“Obviously, Chandler died of a heart attack a couple years after the show ended and I drowned our children in the Central Park reservoir.”

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Matt LeBlanc

“My favorite memory of Friends is definitely watching it on Nick At Nite as a kid growing up.”

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Jennifer Aniston

“Everyone here who starred in Along Came Polly go ahead and raise your hand. Yeah, that’s what I thought.”

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Courteney Cox

“Target, H&M, Pringles, Coca-Cola, obviously. McDonald’s, Ashley Furniture, BP, Budweiser, Peet’s Coffee, Dyson, Bic. And then of course, there’s Citibank and Skittles!”

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David Schwimmer

“The biggest impact we had on the culture was probably inventing lesbians.”

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Matt LeBlanc

“Instead of a coffee shop, the show was actually supposed to be set at a halal butcher, but the network changed it at the last minute since it wasn’t safe to have that much raw meat around.”

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Joaquin Phoenix

“Hello. I would like to be a friend.”

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David Schwimmer

“That monkey taught me everything I know about flinging my own feces while tugging on my dick.”

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Jennifer Aniston

“Everyone got paid for their episodes in cash, but as part of my contract, I was getting paid in raw Italian marble. It’s one of the most durable, long-lasting building materials on the market. I gotta thank my agent for setting that up for me.”

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Matthew Perry

“After the show ended, it took me a good three months to figure out how to leave the set. There were so many doors and hallways, it was like a maze. Luckily, Courteney was there to help me out.”

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Matt LeBlanc

“My character was originally a socially awkward theoretical physicist who had been a child prodigy, with David and Matthew as my nerdy best friends who put up with me. But that concept got retooled and released later as Scrubs.”

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Courteney Cox

“I’ve actually never been inside an apartment in real life.”

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Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston: “My life is a nightmare. All my fame and riches have amounted to nothing but a mountain of empty acquisition that has separated me from true joy. A hollow tower from which I look down on the world and long for the simple pleasures of a quiet walk and human connection.”

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David Schwimmer

“As a little surprise, I placed over 200 pounds of C4 explosives all over this room.”

The Most Jaw-Dropping Quotes From The ‘Friends’ Reunion

Matt LeBlanc

Matt LeBlanc

David Schwimmer

David Schwimmer

Former NBC President Warren Littlefield

Former NBC President Warren Littlefield

Matthew Perry

Matthew Perry

Lisa Kudrow

Lisa Kudrow

Courteney Cox

Courteney Cox

Matt LeBlanc

Matt LeBlanc

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston

Courteney Cox

Courteney Cox

David Schwimmer

David Schwimmer

Matt LeBlanc

Matt LeBlanc

Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix

David Schwimmer

David Schwimmer

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston

Matthew Perry

Matthew Perry

Matt LeBlanc

Matt LeBlanc

Courteney Cox

Courteney Cox

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston

David Schwimmer

David Schwimmer

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