We Asked the Stars: Which Friends Character Are You and Why?

By Samantha Simon
Feb 20, 2016 @ 5:30 am
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There’s likely one Friends character you channel most, whether it's chilled-out cool girl Rachel Green, tightly wound Monica Gellar, or the eccentric Phoebe Buffay. (And, of course, for the guys, whether or not you’re a Ross, Chandler, or Joey can be an ongoing internal debate.)

With the NBC special, Must See TV: A Tribute to James Burrows, reuniting the cast of one of TV's most beloved shows (minus Matthew Perry) on Sunday, Feb. 21 at 9 p.m. ET, we asked celebrities—including Monica IRL, Courteney Cox—to reveal which Friends character they identify with at their very core. Find out what they had to say below.

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Courteney Cox

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“I’m definitely Monica! I’m not as competitive or as clean as Monica, but I’m very neat.”

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Kate Bosworth 

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“I think I’m probably a combo of Rachel and Monica. I can be a little OCD like Monica, but then I’m also laid-back like Rachel in a way.”

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Josh Holloway 

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“I’m probably Joey. I am as goofy as him in real life. I love Joey.” 

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Olivia Culpo

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“I am closest to Phoebe because I’m really about energy and cleansing auras, and Phoebe was really in tune to that. Everybody knows she is kind of slightly air-headed in the show, but there is something also really sweet and endearing about how much she cares about people and she is very loving and hysterical.” 

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Candace Cameron Bure 

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“I’d definitely say I’m a Rachel. I'm not Monica—she's Type A, which I am not. Sometimes I feel like a ding dong. Rachel had those moments—not in a Phoebe way—but she's just one step behind. I’m the girl that when someone makes a joke, I laugh two seconds after everyone else does because it just takes me the extra few to get it.”

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Christian Siriano

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“I feel like I’m probably Monica because I’m neurotic and intense, but I want to be Rachel.”

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Jaime King

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“I’m a little bit like Phoebe in her kookiness, and a little bit of Rachel when it comes to her more neurotic side. I feel like I’m an amalgamation of both of them.”

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Carly Chalkin

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“I’d say I’m a mixture between Rachel and Phoebe—I switch off. I always make up random songs like Phoebe does, and I’m very [all over the place]. I’ve seen every single episode about 5,000 times.”

—With additional reporting by Brianna King, Ericka Franklin, Brandi Fowler, and Carita Rizzo

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