Lisa Kudrow shares core principle that kept ‘Friends’ cast united

Lisa Kudrow recently shared insight into the real-life friendship between the six cast members of Friends: Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer and Kudrow herself.

Kudrow opened up about the six-way dynamic during her appearance on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast.

“We really did get along,” she explained of the cast’s friendships, but noted that “we also worked hard at being friends. That six-way relationship took some work and we did it.”

According to the No Good Deed star, their friendly dynamic survived because they were good at talking about things.

Describing how it worked, she said: “Really talking things through. If someone said something or did something, it didn’t get too big, because it was, ‘Can I talk to you?’ Usually not me because I had to learn to — ‘Can I talk to you about something?’ Because I never knew that was allowed. But I saw it modeled really well by [ Courteney Cox] and [Jennifer Aniston] and [Matt LeBlanc].”

Lisa Kudrow played the quirky Phoebe Buffay throughout Friend’s run from 1994 to 2004.