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´pysch-major girlfriend on
Family Ties. Jim Carry'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 couldn'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 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.
