'Friends' star Lisa Kudrow has described the 'jarring'&nbsp;emotion she felt when filming the hit American sitcom alongside co-stars Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox. The 59-year-old, who shot to worldwide fame in the mid-1990s for her portrayal of Phoebe Buffay, revealed that her body perception soon changed after she landed the role, reports mirror.co.uk. Kudrow told the Popcrushed podcast she suffered from body dysmorphia, adding that she wrongly felt like a "stick" like her sister and father.

"I didn't see it. I had no waist. I didn't see it at all. I thought I was just really skinny and I could just do whatever," she explained.

"And I would look at pictures and be like, 'Wow, pictures really distort reality'. It wasn't until Friends that I realised that I didn't really look like I thought I looked. That's what was so jarring and that's when I was like, "I've gotta actually lose weight? I have to diet? Shoot.' "

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Asked whether the media had impacted her change in perception, Lisa put it down to 'just seeing herself on the show' and simply seeing how the female trio looked in clothes." Kudrow said she asked Aniston, who played Rachel Green, and Cox, who starred as Monica Gellar, to accompany her to various fittings to offer their wisdom. At that point, she realised it 'wasnt just about tailoring'.

She added: "I'm not trying to say I was overweight either. I was not. I just had no idea of the actual shape of my body."

Kudrow went on to reveal that she finally began to accept her body upon reaching her 40s, telling herself: "Do what you need to do to be healthy, but this is your body and it's OK." It comes after Aniston recently revealed that the girls ate the same salad every day for 10 years while filming.

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'Friends' star Lisa Kudrow has described the 'jarring' emotion she felt when filming the hit American sitcom alongside co-stars Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox.

'Friends' star Lisa Kudrow has described the 'jarring' emotion she felt when filming the hit American sitcom alongside co-stars Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox. The 59-year-old, who shot to worldwide fame in the mid-1990s for her portrayal of Phoebe Buffay, revealed that her body perception soon changed after she landed the role, reports mirror.co.uk. Kudrow told the Popcrushed podcast she suffered from body dysmorphia, adding that she wrongly felt like a "stick" like her sister and father. "I didn't see it. I had no waist. I didn't see it at all. I thought I was just really skinny and I could just do whatever," she explained. "And I would look at pictures and be like, 'Wow, pictures really distort reality'. It wasn't until Friends that I realised that I didn't really look like I thought I looked. That's what was so jarring and that's when I was like, "I've gotta actually lose weight? I have to diet? Shoot.' " Jennifer Aniston sends birthday wishes to 'Friends' co-star Lisa Kudrow with sweet throwback pics Asked whether the media had impacted her change in perception, Lisa put it down to 'just seeing herself on the show' and simply seeing how the female trio looked in clothes." Kudrow said she asked Aniston, who played Rachel Green, and Cox, who starred as Monica Gellar, to accompany her to various fittings to offer their wisdom. At that point, she realised it 'wasnt just about tailoring'. She added: "I'm not trying to say I was overweight either. I was not. I just had no idea of the actual shape of my body." Kudrow went on to reveal that she finally began to accept her body upon reaching her 40s, telling herself: "Do what you need to do to be healthy, but this is your body and it's OK." It comes after Aniston recently revealed that the girls ate the same salad every day for 10 years while filming. Veteran actress Michelle Yeoh set to receive AFI Honorary Degree

Lisa Kudrow felt insecure when she filmed with 'Friends' female co-stars

The six cast members of hit sitcom 'Friends' may have had romantic liaison&nbsp;with each other on the show but they never dated each other off screen. Turns out there was an unspoken rule on sets to not get romantically involved.&nbsp; 
 
While speaking to Access, the three men- David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry and Matt LeBlanc- addressed why they had never dated in real life.&nbsp; 
 
"There was a rule that we had [that] was really important to the six of us that we kept a friendship, that we were friends," explained Perry. "If we were hooking up or there was any strangeness going on, that might mess with things." The actors were speaking ahead of the highly anticipated reunion episode of 'Friends'.&nbsp; 
 
"So we kept a friendship, and we did become really good friends – and we are really good friends to this day," Perry added.&nbsp; 
 
Perry revealed that it was director James Burrow's idea.&nbsp; 
 
"We didn’t want to jeopardize any of the great relationships and friendships we were forming and had established," Schwimmer added. "It was kind of an unspoken (rule)." 
 
Added LeBlanc, 53, "We’re like siblings." 
 
While the boys gave out details, the girls seemed to be clueless about this rule. When the same question was asked to Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow and Jennifer Aniston, they stated that did not remember having any discussion about any such 'act'. Did the guys make it up because the ladies "didn't want any part of them," the host joked. "Quite possibly true," said Aniston.&nbsp;

The six cast members of hit sitcom 'Friends' may have had romantic liaison with each other on the show but they never dated each other off screen. Turns out there was an unspoken rule on sets to not get romantically involved.

The six cast members of hit sitcom 'Friends' may have had romantic liaison with each other on the show but they never dated each other off screen. Turns out there was an unspoken rule on sets to not get romantically involved. While speaking to Access, the three men- David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry and Matt LeBlanc- addressed why they had never dated in real life. "There was a rule that we had [that] was really important to the six of us that we kept a friendship, that we were friends," explained Perry. "If we were hooking up or there was any strangeness going on, that might mess with things." The actors were speaking ahead of the highly anticipated reunion episode of 'Friends'. "So we kept a friendship, and we did become really good friends – and we are really good friends to this day," Perry added. Perry revealed that it was director James Burrow's idea. "We didn’t want to jeopardize any of the great relationships and friendships we were forming and had established," Schwimmer added. "It was kind of an unspoken (rule)." Added LeBlanc, 53, "We’re like siblings." While the boys gave out details, the girls seemed to be clueless about this rule. When the same question was asked to Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow and Jennifer Aniston, they stated that did not remember having any discussion about any such 'act'. Did the guys make it up because the ladies "didn't want any part of them," the host joked. "Quite possibly true," said Aniston.

'Friends' cast reveals why they never dated each other in real life

While American actor Lisa Kudrow nailed her role as Phoebe Buffay in the beloved sitcom 'Friends', redited one of her co-stars from the show, who helped her overcome the struggle of playing Phoebe, and it is none other than actor Matt LeBlanc, who played the role of Joey Tribbiani in the insanely popular sitcom, reported a magazine. 
 
During a recent episode of Kevin Nealon's YouTube series 'Hiking With Kevin', Kudrow and Nealon went for a hike in the woods, where the actor recalled the difficulty she felt while playing Phoebe at the beginning of the NBC sitcom, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month. 
 
"I had played dumb girls before but it wasn't really me," Kudrow explained of her role. "I feel like, 'sh-t, I tricked them in the audition.'&nbsp;I was the only one who could cope with the audition process and that's how I got it, I think. So I had to work hard at being Phoebe," she added. 
 
Kudrow was "struggling"&nbsp;at nailing the offbeat&nbsp;Phoebe even after three seasons of the show. However, that all changed thanks to LeBlanc, who came to her rescue and gave her a much-needed pep talk. 
 
"I remember Matt LeBlanc going, 'What's going on with you?' " she recalled. "And I said, 'I don't think I have it. I don't know what I'm doing.'&nbsp;And he went, 'You're here, relax, you got it. You've been doing this f-cking character for three years. You're working too hard, that's your problem. You don't need to work this hard, relax.'&nbsp;He was right," the actor added. 
 
On being asked if she noticed a changed in her acting from season 1 to season 5, she surprised Nealon with her response, "I haven't seen the show." "You've never watched it?'. You'll wanna watch it," the host said. "I should, I hear it's good," the 56-year-old actor said. 
 
The actor received many awards for her 10 years as Phoebe. She was nominated for an Emmy for outstanding supporting actress six times, taking home the award once in 1998. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe in 1996. 
 
In an interview with Entertainment Tonight in May, Kudrow recalled the pilot episode as her favourite memory from the beloved sitcom."We were like little puppy dogs, just climbing all over each other and playing games and wanted to be together all the time. It was fun," she said. 
 
Kudrow told People in 2017 that she "sometimes" likes to watch bloopers from the show. "They make me laugh," she said at that time. Apart from Kudrow and LeBlanc, the show also starred Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer. The beloved sitcom ran for 10 seasons on NBC between 1994 - 2004. 
 
It followed the story of six friends in their 20s and 30s who live in Manhattan, New York City.

'Friends'&nbsp;made its TV debut on September 22, 1994.&nbsp;

While American actor Lisa Kudrow nailed her role as Phoebe Buffay in the beloved sitcom 'Friends', redited one of her co-stars from the show, who helped her overcome the struggle of playing Phoebe, and it is none other than actor Matt LeBlanc, who played the role of Joey Tribbiani in the insanely popular sitcom, reported a magazine.

While American actor Lisa Kudrow nailed her role as Phoebe Buffay in the beloved sitcom 'Friends', redited one of her co-stars from the show, who helped her overcome the struggle of playing Phoebe, and it is none other than actor Matt LeBlanc, who played the role of Joey Tribbiani in the insanely popular sitcom, reported a magazine. During a recent episode of Kevin Nealon's YouTube series 'Hiking With Kevin', Kudrow and Nealon went for a hike in the woods, where the actor recalled the difficulty she felt while playing Phoebe at the beginning of the NBC sitcom, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month. "I had played dumb girls before but it wasn't really me," Kudrow explained of her role. "I feel like, 'sh-t, I tricked them in the audition.' I was the only one who could cope with the audition process and that's how I got it, I think. So I had to work hard at being Phoebe," she added. Kudrow was "struggling" at nailing the offbeat Phoebe even after three seasons of the show. However, that all changed thanks to LeBlanc, who came to her rescue and gave her a much-needed pep talk. "I remember Matt LeBlanc going, 'What's going on with you?' " she recalled. "And I said, 'I don't think I have it. I don't know what I'm doing.' And he went, 'You're here, relax, you got it. You've been doing this f-cking character for three years. You're working too hard, that's your problem. You don't need to work this hard, relax.' He was right," the actor added. On being asked if she noticed a changed in her acting from season 1 to season 5, she surprised Nealon with her response, "I haven't seen the show." "You've never watched it?'. You'll wanna watch it," the host said. "I should, I hear it's good," the 56-year-old actor said. The actor received many awards for her 10 years as Phoebe. She was nominated for an Emmy for outstanding supporting actress six times, taking home the award once in 1998. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe in 1996. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight in May, Kudrow recalled the pilot episode as her favourite memory from the beloved sitcom."We were like little puppy dogs, just climbing all over each other and playing games and wanted to be together all the time. It was fun," she said. Kudrow told People in 2017 that she "sometimes" likes to watch bloopers from the show. "They make me laugh," she said at that time. Apart from Kudrow and LeBlanc, the show also starred Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer. The beloved sitcom ran for 10 seasons on NBC between 1994 - 2004. It followed the story of six friends in their 20s and 30s who live in Manhattan, New York City. 'Friends' made its TV debut on September 22, 1994.

Lisa Kudrow reveals her struggle in playing Phoebe Buffay in 'Friends'