Jennifer Anistonis opening up about a painful childhood incident that she overcame — with the help ofFriends.
The 50-year-old actress was honored as one ofVariety‘s six Power of Women honorees on Friday, when she recalled her “own relationship” with her sense of power.
She continued, “I always felt incredibly comfortable giving a voice to the words of others but put me in a table full of strangers and I’d go right back to being 11 years old.”
The effect the moment had on her followed her all the way to her breakthrough onFriends, which is when, she said, she “started seeing myself in a different light.”
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“These last two years have really made me think a lot about the messages we send young kids — little girls especially. How the things we say and do can either build them up — or tear them down. And make them feel like maybe their voices don’t matter,” Aniston said.
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“And I began to change the way I thought about my own voice, and what it meant to have a platform to use it,” Aniston added.
The actress’s platform has extended far beyondFriends, although it catapulted her into the highest reaches of Hollywood.
Aniston is now an executive producer working on high-profile projects such as the highly anticipated Apple seriesThe Morning Showin which she also stars alongsideReese WitherspoonandSteve Carell.
In the series, Aniston’s character, Alex Levy, is forced to address the nation after her co-host Mitch Kessler (Carell, 57) is fired following allegations of sexual misconduct.
Once Carell’s Mitch is fired, Alex is forced to live up to the public’s positive image of her — all while teaming up with a new anchor, Bradley Jackson (Witherspoon, 43).
Aniston also executive produced the Netflix filmsDumplin’andMurder Mysteryin which she starred with longtime friend Adam Sandler.
The Morning Showbegins streaming November.
source: people.com
