Jennifer Aniston On Being Ashamed By Some Movies She’s Been A Part Of And Freedom To Choose


Jennifer Aniston is known as the beloved comedic actress we all came to know during the decade she played Rachel Green on the hit show Friends. Other comedic roles include Picture Perfect, Along Came Polly, He’s Just Not That Into You, and Horrible Bosses.

However, last year, the world was introduced to a different Jennifer Aniston. A dramatic and critically acclaimed performance in the film Cake had moviegoers stunned by the versatility of the star and even more stunned by how Jen had kept her ability to take on a dramatic role a secret for such a long time.

attends smartwater sparkling celebrates Jennifer Aniston and St Jude's Children's Hospital at W Hollywood on February 23, 2016 in Hollywood, California.
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In a recent interview with Harper’s Bazaar, the actress shared about her need to please people and stick to roles she believes people want to see her in. Additionally, Aniston shares that some of these roles have made her slightly ashamed of a number of projects she took on in the past.

“There was a time when I worked and worked and worked. I loved it. I’m a bit of a people pleaser. I’ve got to stop. Some of the movies I’ve made, I bow my head in slight shame over.”

When Aniston refers to working and working and working, she really isn’t exaggerating. As Vanity Fair relays, Jen has made at least one movie per year since 2001. Additionally, Jen appeared in seven films over a three-year time-frame in the late 90’s. Some of these include lesser known films and also includes a few flops, which may be the films Aniston is referring to when she says she feels a bit of shame. VF relays a detailed list of the star’s comedic work over the past two decades.

“The actress did appear in seven films in three years in the late 90s, including Picture Perfectand lesser known titles like Dream for an Insomniac. But it’s a bit hard to gauge to which period of her career she is referring, since she has made at least one film a year since 2001 (save for 2007), including the critical bombs The Bounty Hunter, Love Happens, and herAdam Sandler collaboration Just Go with It.”

In the present, Aniston has noted that she is attempting to harness the same attitude she had when taking on the role in Cake when making decisions as to what projects to sign on for going forward. Jen shares that she feels a sense of freedom now and that the pressure to please is off.

“I feel a sense of freedom that I hadn’t necessarily felt before. Also, you have to start taking chances in an industry that’s very insecure about taking chances on people. People forget who actors are. They say, ‘You’re too known to play that part. You can’t disappear.’ And we’re like, ‘Give us a chance. We’ll disappear.'”

This is not to say that Aniston isn’t all for a great comedic role. She has recently filmed a comedy with an all-star cast, Mother’s Day. The star shares that she loves a good comedy and that people are too worried about being politically correct these days, likely due to backlash at a section in the screenplay for her husband’s script in Zoolander 2.

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 09: Actors Jennifer Aniston (L) and Justin Theroux attend the "Zoolander 2" World Premiere at Alice Tully Hall on February 9, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
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Aniston defends her husband’s work and shares the pride she has for his efforts.

“I think everyone’s so freakin’ politically correct lately. It’s becoming a real drag. I like making jokes. I’m lucky because Justin is the funniest person I’ve met, and we make each other laugh. Laughter is one of the great keys to staying youthful.”

Justin and Jennifer have been married since summer of 2015 and have each shared how happy they are to finally be husband and wife.

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