What happens when a Saturday Night Live comic interviews one of the most beautiful and recognizable women on the planet? The stars in question happen to be Jason Sudeikis and Jennifer Aniston, costars in We’re the Millers, in theaters August 7, and friends in real life. They sat down before a dinner party at Jen’s house in Los Angeles to chat about what’s going on in the life of America’s most famous Friend—a woman whose hair, body, and just plain niceness inspire collective envy, and whose marriage and divorce and engagement (to Justin Theroux) continue to inspire tabloid craziness.
JASON: What would you tell the teenage you?
Jennifer: Don’t try so hard. Pay attention. Do your homework. Go to class.
JASON: What would you tell your 20-year-old self?
Jennifer: Not to fret so much. I did OK in my twenties.
JASON: Thirties.
Jennifer: Thirties. Thirties. Go to therapy. Clean up all of the sh-t. Clean up all of the toxins and the noise. Understand who you are. Educate yourself on the self.
JASON: Yeah. Because at that point, anything that you thought was just a habit is actually you.
Jennifer: [But] you can undo a lot of things. If you’re not happy, you can become happy. Happiness is a choice. That’s the thing I really feel. Like with friends who refuse to get happy, who refuse to rise above the discomfort of where they’re at.
JASON: Yeah. They just get used to it. It’s almost like your character Rose from We’re the Millers. “This is all I deserve” kind of thinking. It’s like, no, you deserve—
Jennifer: You actually deserve to have a family. And once you meet yourself, and truly love yourself, then you attract that. And look—I mean, the two of us have found these two, beautiful, loving, open people.
JASON: We have a similar timeline. We both went through the same thing. I mean, I would hear you talk about [guys you were dating], and I’d be like, “Oh, f--k. I don’t want to be like that to somebody else.”
Jennifer: Yeah. Yeah. And look how far we’ve come! High five! [They high-five.]
Jennifer Aniston appears on the cover of Glamour’s September 2013 Issue, on newsstands nationwide on August 6 and available now digitally at glamour.com/app.
Jennifer: Yeah. Yeah. And look how far we’ve come! High five! [They high-five.]
Jennifer Aniston appears on the cover of Glamour’s September 2013 Issue, on newsstands nationwide on August 6 and available now digitally at glamour.com/app.