May 15th, 2009 at 11:47 am by
Anne
Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn (he goes on my list if you know what I mean) star together in ‘Management’, a love story of sorts where Aniston’s character (Sue) is a driven, focused career woman, compared to Zahn’s character who is impetuous and impulsive, refusing to accept that, initially, she’s just not that into him.
She says of a personal experience in ill-suited love:
“I broke up with a guy and he tried to get back together with me by bringing his mother to a restaurant I worked at and getting down on one knee in the middle of the restaurant. The whole restaurant started applauding and I was like, ‘Get up!’ It was horrible,”
I imagine the guy she is referring to, is reading the article and cursing her, huh?
Aniston says of her friend Zahn:
“Our paths have crossed and it wasn’t until this — this was what we were meant to do. Reading romantic comedy after romantic comedy, you get sort of numb to the whole story of falling in love, and this was just such a unique, sweet, oddball, misfit love story,”
As for living a life outside the limelight:
“Would I love a level of anonymity? Sure, there are times I’d love to take a moment. But that’s lonely,” Aniston says. “It seems like a lonely existence that (Sue) has made and convinced herself that it’s comfortable.”
Can Aniston see herself doing something other than acting?:
“That’s such a tough question. I would say, probably something in the health industry. It’s too late to go to medical school. I’d travel. I’d go back to the years that I never did what I’d wish I’d done, which was travel Europe and backpack. That sounds slightly romantic,” says Aniston, pausing to ponder the question some more. “What I would do? I don’t know. Maybe become a chef. There’s so much more to do. It’s almost overwhelming. I’ve gotten to a great place in my career. “
As for similarities between herself and her character Sue, Aniston says:
“I’m not like Sue at all,” Aniston says. “You have to find a healthy balance. You don’t want to become Sue. You can easily become her. It’s so easy to do. It’s finding the balance of not shutting down and hibernating.”
Zahn describes his bond with Aniston as ‘a true connection’ which she echoes:
“We really wanted to go to work every day,” Aniston says. “We were lucky to finish work and be all at the same hotel. We’d finish a day of work and go have a beer.”
For the complete interview click here.
Lots of pics from her latest movie ‘The Baster’ after the break
(more…)
