Friends: The Reunion: movie monologues to shadow
29 monologues from Friends: The Reunion. Original audio, one line at a time, with a pause to say it back.
- 1Full speech: hear it once
- 2Shadow: repeat each line
- 3Blind: listen, then reveal
- B14 lines
So many -- So many different episodes are like
David indexes the fountain hitsFriends: The Reunion · 2021He rapid-fires guitar, first kiss, umbrella — the set becomes a table of contents. - B16 lines
We really were intrigued with the idea
The one-sentence pitchFriends: The Reunion · 2021They walk from ensemble structure to a life stage and land on friends as family. - B12 lines
When my agent called me and said,
Lottery guest callFriends: The Reunion · 2021One agent call, and the job lands like a winning ticket. - B17 lines
That's right, I stepped up.
Joey steps up, then doesn'tFriends: The Reunion · 2021Hero talk collapses into stage fright, and Chandler inherits the job. - B23 lines
We had seen David for another role
The hangdog face became RossFriends: The Reunion · 2021They keep a face first, then drop it onto a part, like casting from memory. - B24 lines
We saw a lot of guys who you believed were actors,
The same lines suddenly funnyFriends: The Reunion · 2021They burn a string of unfunny Joeys, then park the laugh on Matt. - B219 lines
I remember I had gone in a bunch of times,
Toilet as callback ticketFriends: The Reunion · 2021Drink, run lines, eat the toilet, tell the truth, walk out as Joey. - B15 lines
I thought Chandler was gonna be the easiest part to cast,
Chandler was supposed to be easyFriends: The Reunion · 2021Five lines take a sure thing and leave the room unfunny. - B13 lines
Jennifer had this warmth and sincerity
Jennifer saves RachelFriends: The Reunion · 2021Warmth turns spoiled into someone you can like. - B29 lines
And I just remember sitting with these five other people
Begging the producer to let him goFriends: The Reunion · 2021From sitting with five people to hat in hand, each line drops him lower. - B213 lines
I remember one time I was -- It was middle of the week,
A news chopper finds the leakFriends: The Reunion · 2021He can't name the weekday, but he can still see the exact wet patch on his own roof. - B15 lines
I was battling depression.
Depression, and food that would not go downFriends: The Reunion · 2021Battle, dark place, not going out, then food stuck in the throat: it keeps dropping. - B16 lines
I was a gay man who wanted to have hair like Jennifer Aniston.
Came home and put the show onFriends: The Reunion · 2021He jokes about the haircut, then calls them real friends, then the sentence breaks. - B23 lines
They have no idea
This show saved a lifeFriends: The Reunion · 2021Binge-watching becomes rescue: they have no idea, then I was one of them. - B26 lines
First of all, I want to say I love animals.
I love animals, butFriends: The Reunion · 2021He keeps swearing he loves animals before the monkey. The more he clears his name, the guiltier it sounds. - B24 lines
Like, the monkey,
The monkey resets the gagFriends: The Reunion · 2021Marks, timing, and resets stack until the laugh dies one beat early. - B26 lines
And one day we came to work and they said,
They raised the sixFriends: The Reunion · 2021Mom and Dad walk on set, and a guest spot turns into parenting six adults. - B24 lines
Some of that was you had to do some bottle shows.
The creators on bottle showsFriends: The Reunion · 2021They turn a budget lock into a writing method: put everybody in one room. - B24 lines
So in come all the paramedics and whatever,
The night the paramedics ended itFriends: The Reunion · 2021EMTs walk in on the one episode where the whole cast is needed, so nothing else can shoot. - B26 lines
It was a fun night,
They rewrite the joke on tape nightFriends: The Reunion · 2021Fun first, then the method: if the crowd kills it, they put their heads together and beat it live. - B14 lines
I think that moment was the beginning
The writers rewrite Monica and ChandlerFriends: The Reunion · 2021They walk from a one-night plan to the crowd forcing them to take the pairing seriously. - B14 lines
Can I just say something?
Jennifer on being herselfFriends: The Reunion · 2021She apologizes for the wording, then calls the off-key weirdo the one who was actually herself. - B13 lines
For me when I watch it, it's -- I'm --
She cannot watch herself actFriends: The Reunion · 2021She names the job, then admits the tape looks like a lie she would never buy. - B12 lines
I can't quite be specific about which one,
He claims the Geller houseFriends: The Reunion · 2021Three labels pin him to the part: picky, wrecked, and those tight pants. - B24 lines
You know, I got the audition sides across my fax machine,
Janice came in on a faxFriends: The Reunion · 2021From faxed sides to she lives in me: the part as something already inside her. - B24 lines
You seek me out.
The soul calls like a foghornFriends: The Reunion · 2021She rapid-fires a duck into destiny, and the foghorn simile pins it. - B25 lines
Honestly, I remember saying one time to David,
Jennifer on the first kissFriends: The Reunion · 2021She starts with camera fright and ends up pouring the crush into the part. - B27 lines
And then we get the script and, of course,
A potato meets her idolFriends: The Reunion · 2021She crowns Sean Penn the greatest actor alive, then finds her own part is a potato. - B13 lines
If the show was about that time in your life
The friends-as-family years were overFriends: The Reunion · 2021He treats the stop as a life stage, not a speech. Quiet, not soppy.