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| 'FRIENDS' EXPLAIN THEIR RETURN ON 'ACCESS HOLLYWOOD' Published: January 13, 2003 BURBANK, Calif. -- January 13, 2003 -- It was announced recently that �Friends� would be returning for a tenth season, despite cast exclamations to the contrary. Creator and Executive Producer Marta Kauffman says until the very last minute she didn�t think the show would return. She and the cast tell �Access Hollywood� why and how minds were changed. The interviews air on �Access Hollywood,� Monday, January 13, 2003 (check local listings for time and station). Lisa Kudrow says that the actors were the last group in the process to discuss returning, �First, the network and studio have to decide to do it and they work out something. Then, the producers decided and work out something. Then, we are the last ones they come to. There was a lot of talk among the cast, how many (episodes) would be reasonable to do, how many we felt like doing. At this point, everybody is at such a different stage of their life that doing this show might not suit everybody�s life right now. We�re doing 18 shows and then that�s it!� Matthew Perry tells �Access Hollywood�s� Tony Potts, that for him; the deciding factor for returning is that �We are having blast doing it, a really fun time. It�s sad to think about ending.� Creator and Exec Producer Marta Kauffman says that she was as surprised as everyone else to learn that �Friends� would return for a 10th season. �Until the very last minute I was sure it would never happen. I was convinced. I just thought it�d be to tough to do, with everybody�s lives�People, you know, caring about their marriages and having families. I just thought it would be too difficult. And then, there we were. �You�re kidding, what happened�� I was leaving on a plane for a vacation asking myself, �Really, we�re coming back? Really?�� �Truthfully, NBC has been such good partners for so many years and they really wanted this,� Kauffman says about the deal closer. �I think that convinced everyone to just try really hard to make it happen.� As for any nerves about going on too long, Kauffman says, �Of course there are nerve about that. But I also have great faith in this staff and cast to make the show wonderful, funny, original, different. We�ve got some ideas�� �Access Hollywood� is produced by NBC and distributed by NBC Enterprises Domestic Syndication. |
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