Aniston told Shepard she had concerns about joining SNL in the early 1990s because she felt the sketch comedy series was too much of a boys’ club.
Aniston recounted a meeting with showrunner Lorne Michaels in New York City and running into cast members David Spade and Adam Sandler outside. The actress, whose TV credits at the time included a role on the short-lived Ferris Bueller series and guest spots on Quantum Leap and Herman’s Head, admitted to Shepard she didn’t remember all of the details of her meeting with Michaels.
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Sandler admitted he was dumbfounded that Aniston turned down the offer for SNL.
Aniston played Rachel Green for 10 seasons on Friends, from 1994 to 2004. While she never became an SNL cast member, she hosted the show twice during her Emmy-winning reign on the NBC sitcom.
“I went into Lorne’s office, and I was like, ‘I hear women are not respected on this show,' " she said. “I mean, it was such a boys’ club back then, but who the f--- was I to be saying this to Lorne Michaels? So yes, adorably that happened, and I’ve hosted Saturday Night Live a couple of times, and I love it so much.”
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