* It takes quite a lot to steel the spotlight from The Boss.
* But since Bruce Springsteen�s Dancing in the Dark video, Courteney Cox has been grabbing attention in situations where others wouldn't.
* Michael J. Fox� psycho-major girlfriend on Family Ties. Jim Carrey�s employer in the first Ace Ventura.
* This was all before she was cast as Monica, the unofficial but undisputed star of the hit TV show Friends.
* But rather than bask in the limelight, Cox urged her cast pals to remain team players.
"It was important to let them know I was there to make the show better," she says. "This wasn�t a competition." Spoken like a true friend.
Her first career, modeling:
Thank God, I started acting, because I�d never had made it as a model. I was short, had baby fat, and didn�t have attitude. Acting is a high for me. And when it�s over, I want to eat a million candy bars.
Tabloid rumors of her bulimia:
I could�t make myself throw up if i tried.
Beauty routine:
I only have to do three things to look halfway decent. Curl my eyelashes, fill in my eyebrows and put some lipstick on. Now I have to put on makeup and stuff when I go out. I can be a real slob. I�m worried people will say: "She�s that beautiful girl? How gross!"
Exercise:
I take classes in power yoga. It tones and elongates every muscle.
Monica VS. Courteney:
Monica likes to take care of people. I tend to-well, I hate to say mother because it sounds so annoying-but I do that too. She�s just very neat and so am I. And a little sarcastic. So I�m like Monica. Big whoop.
Friends:
Friends and family are very important. When I was in New York, like Monica, I lived in an apartment with my best friend. In Los Angeles, my friends have to drive to my house. But that�s the only difference.
Her TV friends on Friends:
You know, I�d never let let those people hang out in my house.
The end of her 6-year romance with Michael Keaton:
It�s the most important relationship I�ve ever had, and I think he�s the most wonderful person I�ve ever met. We still love each other.
Filling the gap in her love life:
I�m not even thinking about that stuff now. I don�t have a soap opera life.