Oprah and Friends - Cast Of Friends Says Goodbye - November 20,
2003
Transcribed by: Coffee Mug
Thanks to: friendscafe.org for the video file, and Vanessa for pointing it out to me.
Some flashback parts taken from the transcripts by Eric Aasen. Transcribers note: At some times during this interview, everybody talks at the same time and voices in the background become inaudible. Also because of that, some dialogue might not be what is actually said, but is extrapolated by me, in a way, that I hope makes sense.
[Central Perk: Oprah enters through the door.]
Oprah: Whoo...! (audience cheering) How cool! Woow! Whoo, I'm here! Okay... So cool! This is it. The last season. The end of an era. I'm standing on the actual set of one of the biggest television shows in history. Friends! Okay... And so, this... this is Central Perk, the famous coffee shop where every Thursday night for ten whole years we've all hung out with Rachel and Chandler, Monica and Joey, Phoebe and Ross... And today in their first farewell interview, the cast of Friends says \
Jennifer Aniston, Matthew Perry, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow and Matt Le Blanc.
(The cast enter Central Perk, and start shaking hands, hugging and kissing Oprah.)
Oprah: Wow! It's really thrilling to be here. Thrilling to see all of you guys here. What do you think the finale week is gonna be like?
Courteney: I think that Jennifer probably won't be able to breathe. Uhm, because she starts crying uhm... like that thing, she started crying the first day we got here this year. Oprah: (to Jennifer) Did you? Jennifer: I'm crying right now.
Oprah: You're crying right now? Who'd ever thought of it? Yeah? Courteney: And, I think that it'll be the most emotional week that we'll probably ever go through... ever.
[Some clips from the first season are shown, and we hear Oprah as a voice-over.]
Oprah: It's hard to believe it was only ten years ago we were first introduced to Phoebe, Rachel, Monica, Ross, Joey and Chandler... I met the cast back in '95, when the Friends frenzy was just starting.
[We see a clip from the March 1995 Oprah show:
Woman from the audience: I wanna know how your new found fame has changed your personal lives.
Matthew: Not at all. (starts pretend crying and holds his hand in front of his face)
Oprah: Really Jennifer, anything?
Jennifer: No, I haven't felt... I still just go to work every day... and... and... the only difference is... Oprah: You don't feel it yet?
Jennifer: (pointing to the others) I don't get it as much as these guys, I don't know why. I haven't been bombarded by people, and I don't feel of it has changed my life that much.]
[We return to 2003, Central Perk with Oprah. Jennifer was watching her clip closely, and now she sits back again, looking at Matthew who's smiling at her.]
Oprah: (about the 1995 clip) Is that the hair that everybody had, and called it the \
Jennifer: Yeah, and for some reason... It's so circular... (pointing to her face, making a circle) It was circular... Oprah: Who do you think is going to be consoling whom, when the final week comes? Who will be the biggest consoler in the group here?
Matthew: I think we'll all be really consoling each other, and Jennifer's... you know... \on the second day of rehearsal...\you know.
Oprah: Is it true that all the girls, all of you eat lunch together, still every day? Jennifer: Yeah.
Oprah: Yeah. Every day for ten years? Jennifer: Well...
Oprah: And is it true that you order the same thing every day for ten years?
Courteney: That is true. Jennifer: Yeah...
Courteney: That is true... That salad? Jennifer: Yeah!
Courteney: Yeah. I'm so tired of the salad, but... it's easier just to say \sometimes...
Oprah: And what's the salad? Jennifer: It's a cobb salad. Oprah: Every day the same thing?
Jennifer: Yeah. I'm a creature of habit. Oprah: Creature of habit.
Jennifer: But you know, we change it up on Thursdays and Fridays, actually.
Courteney: Yeah, we throw some onions in it.
Jennifer: We just mix it up a little bit. (to Courteney) HEY!
Oprah: I want to ask you all this. I know I have a bunch of questions about who is... Okay? Who's gonna have the hardest time, do you think, on the final taping day? The hardest time... Matt: Jennifer. Oprah: Jennifer?
Lisa: No, 'cause she's getting it out now.
Jennifer: I'm gonna be still on that night. I think that Matty may have a hard time.
Matthew: The last night here will be really tough on me. Oprah: Who is the funniest? Who is the funniest? Courteney: Matthew Perry? Jennifer: Matty Perry!
Matthew: Uh, well, I don't know about that...
Courteney: As far as being the funniest person, not necessarily on camera?
Oprah: Yeah, who's the funniest?
Courteney: It's definitely Matthew Perry. Oprah: Definitely Matthew Perry, okay. Courteney: Just all the time.
Matt: Well not on camera. Not on camera, Matt.
Courteney: I mean, without having... Just on his own, without writers or anything, he's the funniest person from the time he wakes up until the time he goes to bed, that I think I've ever met.
Oprah: Okay, who's the most serious? Matt: That would be David. Lisa: Don't look at me!
Jennifer: (pointing to David) That guy! Oprah: David is. And who's the most emotional? Lisa: Jennifer...
Oprah: Who's the best advice giver? Matt: Courteney.
Jennifer: Oh Courteney... and Lisa.
Oprah: Who's the person most likely to borrow... twenty bucks? Jennifer: Matthew. (they all laugh) Matthew: That's a true story.
Oprah: Okay, who's the person most likely to be late? Courteney: Me and Jennifer...
Oprah: Yeah, okay... Who's the person you would call in the middle of the night if you were thrown in jail? Jennifer: Courteney Lisa: Le Blanc, Courteney. David: Le Blanc. Matt: Don't wake me up.
Oprah: Don't wake you up? Okay, who's the biggest flirt? Lisa: Oh wow! Jennifer: Everybody. Lisa: The two Matts.
Matthew: I think we stopped flirting with each other, well, you know, to the extend I was at the beginning... Because at some point, you just realise you don't have a shot... (they all laugh) Oprah: Okay, who's the most stubborn?