Courteney Cox on Microbang Regrets and the Joys of a Fingerprint-Free Counter

Even for Courteney Cox, it’s a chicken-or-egg question. “Everything about Monica was extreme—she was so competitive. But I couldn’t remember: Did the cleanliness come from me, or was that Monica?” the actor says over Zoom from her home in Malibu, looking back on the defining trait of her character on Friends. Monica Geller is, of course, TV’s neatnik par excellence. She cleans her vacuum with an even smaller vacuum, organizes her towels into 11 categories, and surreptitiously washes the dirty cars on her street. For her, maintaining order is as much a non-negotiable as it is an escapist release. “Should… Read Full Article