Lisa Kudrow says she grew “irritated” with live audience at ‘Friends’ tapings for laughing too long
nme.comFriends star Lisa Kudrow has revealed that she grew “irritated” with the live audience while filming the hit show for laughing too long at things that weren’t funny – see what she had to say below.Speaking to Conan O’Brien for his Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend podcast, Kudrow spoke about what it was like filming for the hit series, which ran for 10 seasons.
In the show, Kudrow played the aloof and goofy Phoebe Buffay.An hour into their chat, O’Brien recalled that Kudrow had previously said she doesn’t like performing in front of a live audience.
She explained: “Because they were laughing for too long. It wasn’t that funny. That’s why. It wasn’t an honest response and it irritated me.
Now you’re just ruining the timing of the rest of the show. There are other lines. Sometimes I would just look out if they’d been laughing too long, and go, ‘Come on’.
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