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Jennifer Aniston on life, love and laughter
Brangelina who? The dark days are over. Hollywood's golden girl has got it going on!
By Ana Paula Ayanegui
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The titles of Jennifer Aniston's latest movies -- Derailed, Rumor Has It... and this summer's The Break-Up -- could have been inspired by the tabloids' coverage of her split with Brad Pitt. At this year's Sundance Film Festival premiere of her latest flick, Friends With Money -- another example of boldface synchronicity -- the beleaguered star was once again in the middle of a media frenzy. This time, the world wanted to know her reaction to the news of the Brangelina baby.
Aniston's publicist issued a terse "No comment," but when speaking to the British press, the 37-year-old actress shed some light on how she has coped with what is only the latest development in her ongoing annus horribilis. "You have to just smile at it all, otherwise, you'd go crazy," she said. "It's a source of survival, being funny. I can laugh at my darkest moments -- I truly can -- particularly when no one else would laugh. This past year, I've had some dark moments -- you may have heard about them -- and thank God I know how to use humour to get me through it."
It was a smiling Aniston who greeted the press a day after the opening-night screening of Friends With Money. Aniston, dressed in jeans, a pink turtleneck and brown boots, and her co-stars Catherine Keener, Joan Cusack and Frances McDormand were there to chat up the film. Written and directed by Nicole Holofcener (Lovely & Amazing), the movie examines the evolving relationship of four women who have been friends all of their adult lives.
With the exception of Aniston's character -- who quit teaching to clean houses -- the women are wealthy and accomplished. They are concerned about their friend, who seems unable to make a living or sustain a relationship. Aniston said she welcomed the chance to play a woman who was "a little more real -- more offbeat," much like the character she played in The Good Girl (another Sundance indie hit).
ELLE Canada: Before you became rich and famous, how did you earn a living?
Jennifer Aniston: "I was a waitress for many, many years, and I loved it. I worked at an advertising agency. I was a bike messenger. I was a receptionist. I worked at a skin-care centre and even an ice cream shop!"
EC: What did you love about waitressing?
JA: "I just loved working with people, but I wasn't a very good waitress. I dropped things, I got orders wrong and I spilled stuff. But most customers were okay with it. Only one time did I have somebody yell at me that I was a stupid American-he wasn't from our country."
EC: While you were waiting tables, were you dreaming of becoming an actress?
JA: "Yeah. But I never thought I'd make it. I didn't really have much confidence that I was going to become an actress one day."
Still hungry for celebrity gossip? Read our profile on mom-to-be Gwen Stefani!
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