Through the decades, Friends has remained a touchstone of television, particularly sitcoms and TV comedies, and just last month marked 20 years since its finale aired in 2004.
Jennifer Aniston joined Quinta Brunson for the latest installment of Variety's Actors on Actors segment, with the two beloved comedians gushing over the NBC sitcom as well.
Quinta, 34, spoke fondly about finding inspiration for the highly successful Abbott Elementary in an ensemble comedy like Friends, and Jennifer, 55, attributed it to the chemistry between the leads.
"Friends is turning 30," Quinta remarked, leaving Jennifer almost in disbelief as she remembered the day the show premiered, September 22, 1994, and what the cast was up to that day.
"It's so strange to even think that it's 30 years old," she shared. "Because I remember the day that it was going to premiere on television, on NBC: Matthew Perry and I were having lunch somewhere, and we knew Lisa was getting her hair colored."
She continued to reveal that they decided to find her and have some fun with her, although not everything went to plan. "So we ran into the hair salon, and I snuck up — she was in the sink — and I took the nozzle from the guy that was supposed to be doing it and just started washing her hair."
© Getty Images"It definitely flew out of control, and that was unfortunate. But the excitement we had, it feels like yesterday," Jennifer gushed, expressing that they had remained a "family" over the years, united once again by the tragic passing of Matthew Perry last October.
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"The fact that it's had this long, wonderful life and it still means a lot to people is one of the greatest gifts I think all five of us — all six of us — we never could imagine," the Just Go With It star said.
© NBC"And we see each other. I talked on FaceTime with [Courteney Cox] last night for an hour, and Lisa and the boys, and we just have a really — it's a family forever."
Quinta expressed a similar sentiment about feeling like she'd already created a family with her castmates on Abbott Elementary in just three years, including Sheryl Lee Ralph, Lisa Ann Walter, Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, and more.
© Getty Images"Being a part of an ensemble like that — I'm part of one now only three years, and those people, they're family. I can't even imagine, because that was the '90s, which is probably different."
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Quinta shared her experience of basing Abbott Elementary, which will premiere its fourth season in the fall, off of the example set by Friends, particularly the will-they-won't-they dynamic between Janine and Gregory, based on Ross and Rachel.
© Getty Images"I just want you to know, I learned about the beauty of an ensemble through watching Friends," she said sweetly. "You really do all seem to have a really beautiful relationship and chemistry — it's just perfection."
