
Lisa Kudrow’s candid recollections from her time on Friends have always provided fans with fascinating insights into her experience on the beloved show. During a recent appearance on Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, she shared a funny yet relatable anecdote about her feelings toward the studio audience’s laughter, which many of her co-stars, like Jennifer Aniston, had noticed back in the day.
Kudrow revealed that she would get frustrated when the audience laughed for too long, especially when it felt like the laughter wasn’t even for the funniest lines. According to her, this prolonged laughter often threw off the timing of the scenes and prevented her from delivering her next lines. Kudrow recalled instances when other jokes in the script would get cut short because the audience’s laughter went on too long, leaving her unable to finish her part. She humorously noted that sometimes, she would just “look out” in the middle of it all, likely waiting for the laughter to die down.
This little behind-the-scenes tidbit adds to the charm of Friends, showing just how much Kudrow, as Phoebe Buffay, was invested in delivering her lines with perfect timing. Fans can enjoy Kudrow’s comedic genius in her latest project, No Good Deed, streaming on Netflix, where she stars alongside Ray Romano in a dark comedy.