Lisa kudrow reflects on ‘friends’ — ‘it was such a happy ending’ | members only

AFTER WORKING ON _FRIENDS_ FOR A DECADE, IS CONNECTING IMPORTANT ON A PROJECT? I was hoping, like with Ray,  _I hope we get along, I hope it's OK_. But I also know at this point that I

can get along with anyone for a few months. So it doesn't matter. And as long as there's flow, that's really all I need. That's the one thing I've come to learn. ON

CONAN O’BRIEN’S PODCAST BACK IN JULY, YOU TALKED ABOUT WATCHING _FRIENDS_ AGAIN AFTER MATTHEW PERRY'S DEATH. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? I was laughing out loud, which is really all I ask for

in a comedy. And more than once or twice an episode, I was laughing out loud and just appreciating how funny every one of those actors on _Friends_ was. Every one of them made me laugh. It

was great. It was a good thing to do. It wasn't about me. It was about watching Matthew. And then, _Oh God, look how great Jennifer is. Courteney’s hilarious. Oh my God, Matt was

funny. David, that was so funny …_ IS THERE A CHARACTER YOU'D LIKE TO REVISIT? DO YOU EVER THINK “WHAT WOULD PHOEBE BUFFAY BE DOING? WHAT WOULD VALERIE CHERISH BE DOING?” I'm

always thinking about what Valerie Cherish [from Kudrow’s Emmy-nominated HBO series _The Comeback_] is doing now. That would be really, really fun to do. And yeah, Phoebe, I've thought

about that, kind of. But there's something about what [_Friends_ co-creators] Marta [Kauffman] and David [Crane] have said — there's no going back to revisit it because it was such

a happy ending. We'd like to just leave them in that space. Let's just leave it there. They're all happy. Let's not open it up and see — what did life do to these

people? WHAT'S LIFE DONE TO YOU? HOW ARE YOU APPROACHING YOUR NEW DECADE? I really felt like celebrating my 60th birthday. What else are you going to do — are you going to apologize for

continuing to live or feel bad about it? No, I'm OK with it. And now 60, all I can think is, _Well, if, God willing, you're 80 … why didn't I appreciate being 60?_