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Daily Tribune
04-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Tribune
David Schwimmer went through a phase of not being able to bear hearing the ‘Friends' theme tune
Bang Showbiz | Los Angeles David Schwimmer went through a phase of hating the 'Friends' theme tune. The actor, 58, played bumbling Ross Geller on the sitcom, and despite its opening track being loved by fans he has now revealed how he once couldn't stand it. He said during a recent appearance on the 'Making a Scene' podcast with Matt Lucas and David Walliams: 'I'll be really honest – there was a time for quite a while that just hearing the theme song would really uggh.' He added his aversion to the tune was hearing it on repeat, with David hearing The Rembrandts' ''I'll Be There for You' so many times it left him feeling miserable. The actor also explained that his distaste for the song developed during a period w h e n h e was grappling with the overwhelming fame that followed 'Friends' massive success. David, who appeared in all 10 seasons of the show, said he could pinpoint the moment his anonymity slipped away. He said: 'Jim Burroughs (the 'Friends' director) took the cast to Vegas… this was before we were on the air. ' We were walking through the casino at one point, and he said, 'Remember this moment, it's the last time you're going to be able to walk through a casino like this.'' For David, that moment of clarity came just a few months later when the fame hit him full force. He said: 'The moment that I realised Jim Burroughs was right, I was at LAX… so I'm going through… I hear a blood-curdling scream. 'I was genuinely frightened. I thought someone was being stabbed or something. And a group of girls come and like – like literally just scream and grab me. And they won't let me go.' Despite his initial discomfort with his fame and the constant reminders of the show, David's feelings toward Friends have softened in recent years – thanks, in part, to his daughter. He added: 'I never watched the show after we finished it. 'Then my kid discovered it around age nine or something, and started watching it. And I'd be making breakfast or whatever, and I'd hear my kid's laughter. My whole relationship to that song and to the show changed again.'
The Guardian
02-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
David Schwimmer reveals he couldn't listen to Friends theme tune for years
The Friends actor David Schwimmer spent years unable to listen to the theme tune of his smash-hit comedy, he revealed yesterday. According to the star, he was forced to hear it so many times at the height of his fame that the mere sound of it made him feel miserable. 'I'll be really honest, there was a time for quite a while that just hearing the theme song would really … uggh,' he said during an appearance on Matt Lucas and David Walliams' Making a Scene podcast. 'You know what I mean? I just had that reaction. I just had heard it so many times. Any time you'd go on a show or a talkshow or an interview, that would be your intro song. So I just didn't have the greatest response to it.' The star's dislike of The Rembrandts' I'll Be There for You came during a period of his life when he also struggled with the level of fame he earned from playing Ross Geller. According to the actor, he can date the last time he was able to inconspicuously appear in public to 1994. 'Jim Burrows [the director] took the cast to Vegas … this was before we were on the air or anything. We were walking through the casino at one point, and he said to us, remember this moment, it's the last time you're going to be able to walk through a casino like this – basically, with total anonymity.' For Schwimmer, this was far from a welcome development. 'The moment that I realised Jim Burrows was right, I was at LAX … trying to catch a flight. I'm not one of those actors that has an entourage with me. It's me, that's it. I just go solo,' he said. 'So, I'm going through … I hear a blood-curdling scream. I was genuinely frightened. I thought someone was being stabbed or something. And a group of girls come and like – like literally just scream and grab me. And they won't let me go … I mean, it was terrifying. 'It took me a long time to get adjusted to that kind of fame. You had three cars following you everywhere you went, staked outside your house. You had absolutely no privacy ever.' The star's fondness for his Friends career has, however, improved in recent years – largely thanks to his daughter. 'I never watched the show after we finished it. For me, it's like: 'I did it. I'm moving on.' Then my kid discovered it around age nine or something, and started watching it. And I'd be making breakfast or whatever, and I'd hear my kid's laughter. My whole relationship to that song and to the show changed again.'
