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Interviews:
Scream 3 this side
Friends 1994 next side
One More Stab/Scream 3 Interview
October 10, 1999
'Scream' queen COURTENEY COX ARQUETTE is becoming Gale Weathers again for the third installment in the 'Scream' series. Get the scoop as she chats with us from the set of 'Scream 3'!
BOB GOEN: I was talking to DAVID (ARQUETTE) and I was thinking about your schedule -- between this, 'Shrink' and "Friends," working out and pulling hip flexors and all that, you don't look as exhausted as I would expect you to be!
COURTENEY COX ARQUETTE: Thank you! I have a lot of makeup on!
BOB: But are you tired? Does it wear you down after a while?
COURTENEY: It has been such an exciting summer and an exciting time. Doing 'The Shrink Is In' was such an important movie for me because it's something I really believed in. It was a big deal for me and I executive produced it. I had so much energy riding on the excitement of doing that and then getting married -- you know how exciting that can be! Then we went away and I relaxed so much. I read three books and did nothing. It was so relaxing. This is a great time. I love doing 'Scream' so much. I'm tired, but I don't want to complain!
BOB: This has got to be a comfortable place for you. Tell me about the friendships and all that.
COURTENEY: Well, a lot of people have been through all three of them. WES CRAVEN is one of my favorite people. He's such a wonderful, sweet man. He was at my wedding -- he really is a special friend to me. It's a great team. I could go on and on, but it is kind of like going home. Like after a summer when I go back to "Friends."
BOB: Is there the same kind of excitement over this particular installment of the trilogy?
COURTENEY: Yes -- probably more, in a way. We had a great time in the first one and in the second one, but they were different. I think they have taken the best of everything and put it all in the third one. I really think it's the best one. It's really funny. NEVE (CAMPBELL) is a real important character in this movie because she grounds in such reality. I was watching her -- it's like, "Wow! This makes it so real!" Then you have characters like Gale and Dewey who are a little over the top and silly. PARKER POSEY is in this one and she plays Gale Weathers in the making of 'Stab 3.'
BOB: So she's playing you?
COURTENEY: She's playing me and she's hysterical.
BOB: Does she have you down?
COURTENEY: She has me -- up it a few notches.
BOB: Did you have to teach her you?
COURTENEY: I always thought that Parker and I looked alike so much anyway -- and then to see her with the blonde streaks, the ones I wore in 'Scream.'
BOB: So your character is playing an entertainment show reporter?
COURTENEY: Yes.
BOB: Where do you go for your research for that character? Please say me!
COURTENEY: You! She started out as a newscaster and she was on gossip shows, and she is in charge of "Total Entertainment."
BOB: The plot is not convoluted -- but it is confusing.
COURTENEY: In thrillers you have to keep people guessing, so there's a lot of stuff going on, which makes it more interesting. It has to be that way. I couldn't give you a one-liner, other than they are making a movie called 'Stab 3.' Some stuff goes down -- you know what I'm saying. Gale gets a load of it, she comes by, Dewey comes by, Sidney comes by. We all meet up! That's about it! People come by for some running, screaming, chasing and stabbing!
BOB: So then this has been shrouded in secrecy! You're not allowed to say anything?
COURTENEY: The only secret I have is who the murderers are.
BOB: Now, the big debate is behind you -- on the back of your chair it says "Courteney Arquette." What are you officially going with?
COURTENEY: I'm going with Courteney Cox Arquette with no hyphen. When I was a kid I always wanted to change my name. It feels good -- it feels like I'm really committed. It makes him happy.
BOB: Is that what is on your driver's license?
COURTENEY: It's for real -- my Social Security card, everything!


Courteney Cox/ Friends Interview COMPLETE VERSION
September 22, 1994
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT: It seems like you and the cast have done this bonding thing from day one!
COURTENEY COX: We all get along really well. We're friends. JIM BURROWS really encourages that in this cast. He really believes that's how it all should work. It's an ensemble show. Yeah, we're good friends. We've gotten together a bunch of times.
ET: You have a great show in a great time slot -- that has to feel good.
COURTENEY: Yeah, it does. It's also a lot of pressure, because we need to do well in that time slot -- we have such a great lead in. That's exciting. Thursday nights are going to be more competitive. They're moving some really great shows on that night. The show really is funny. I watched two episodes just recently and I was really surprised. Pleasantly excited. I took the job because it was good, but it's even better than I thought. Jim Burrows is so good. The show's even better than what's on the written page.
ET: You've done series before. As this gets close to its due date are you on pins and needles to see how it's going to turn out?
COURTENEY: No, not at all. I've been on shows that have been total failures. I've done shows that were really great. "Family Ties" was great. But I knew that was great when I joined the cast -- I never had the added pressure. I did one pilot, but that was before "Family Ties." I did another show that lasted six months.
ET: Does the "Friends" show parallel life with your friends?
COURTENEY: Yeah. We didn't have a coffee shop to hang out in, but it's actually all the same problems. That's what's great about the show -- it's very real. Some of it might not be totally real, but real life isn't as interesting as what you can write. It's all about real-life stuff that can happen in your 20s and 30s. It's not just a show about people in their 20s, it can apply anywhere.
MATTHEW PERRY: (walking by) Do they have chicken salad there?
DAVID SCHWIMMER: Yeah, I think so.
COURTENEY: They are such hams. They are pretending to go to the commissary, just so they can get in the shot and be on TV.
MATTHEW: What are you going to eat?
DAVID: Are you going to eat with us or what?
COURTENEY: I'm doing this ET interview right now!
MATTHEW: What, that little alien guy?
DAVID: We'll leave and try another bit.
COURTENEY: Come back later. That was pretty good, though, but try again. Anyway, I...(Jennifer Aniston walks up to Courteney and holds her hands)
JENNIFER: Courteney? Are you hungry? Where do you want to eat?
COURTENEY: Jennifer...Jennifer, I am doing ET right now.
JENNIFER: (acts shocked) You are?!
COURTENEY: Yes.
JENNIFER: Oh, well, okay...(walks away)
COURTENEY: She's part of the bit. The guys told her to do that. We did it to her, she's getting me back(laughs) Anyway...
(Producer walks up to Courteney)
PRODUCER: The cast wants to know where you're going to eat.
COURTENEY:(laughing, pretending to be angry) I am going to eat in the commissary, okay? Now, get out!!
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Above: Courteney studies a FRIENDS script in her living room