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Lisa Kudrow Says She Realized the Friends Cast Was Providing a 'Mental Health Service' for Fans Post-9/11: 'It Hit Me'

During an appearance on Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson's podcast, Lisa Kudrow reflected on how the success of 'Friends' was particularly striking to her in the weeks after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks

She said it was common when she was driving home from filming in L.A. that "someone in the car next to me might look over and go, 'Ah,' and wave or something," but after 9/11, those interactions held even more weight. When it came to grappling with fame in general, Kudrow said she's "happy to say early on, I realized that it wasn't a real thing." David Schwimmer and Lisa Kudrow in 'Friends'.Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images "After 9/11, all I was doing was watching the news and every single thing I saw was someone who knew someone that was in one of the towers or something like that," she told PEOPLE last year.

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