Jen was frustrated. Every show she appeared on got cancelled, her experience filming Leprechaun was horrible, and it seemed like her career was at a standstill. Then, one night, Jen was topping up her gas tank when Warren Littlefield, the head of NBC Entertainment, pulled up to a pump next to hers. Littlefield was responsible for television hits like Frasier, Seinfeld and The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and knew Aniston from her roles in failed TV shows.

"It's 10:30 p.m. at night on Sunset Boulevard, I’m at the Chevron station gassing up and Jennifer is over at the other island and she comes over and she says, ‘Is it ever going to happen?’ and I say, 'We believe in you, I love you, I so believe in your talent, I’m sure it will.’ A few months later, we handed her the 'Friends' script."