Friends

Lisa Kudrow didn’t start out wanting to be an actor: she studied sociobiology in college and wanted to become a researcher.

Lisa Kudrow didn’t start out wanting to be an actor: she studied sociobiology in college and wanted to become a researcher. Plans changed, and she spent ten years playing flighty Phoebe on “Friends.” Over the years she became more like her character: “I lost a lot of vocabulary.”

What can we do to help our unemployed friends? Our guests share advice and information for those who want to help, but are afraid of sounding condescending.

Actor-director David Schwimmer speaks with Faith Salie about his new film “Run Fatboy Run.”

Actor-director David Schwimmer speaks with Faith Salie about his new film “Run Fatboy Run.”