However, in the years since the series wrapped, the actress has taken on many different roles.

“I could not get Rachel Green off of my back for the life of me.

I could not escape … just Rachel from ‘Friends,’ Rachel from ‘Friends,'” she said.

Jake Gyllenhaal at an event

“Oh yeah, it was torture, yes it was,” he confessed.

“But it was also not torture.

I mean, come on, it was like a mix of both.”

Jake Gyllenhaal and Jennifer Aniston on the red carpet.

That doesn’t turn me on," Gyllenhaal, 40, said.

“It’s oddly mechanical.

And also it’s a dance, you’re choreographing for a camera.

The actor also revealed that he had crushed on Aniston for years before finally working with her.

“I will say, I had a crush on her for years.

And working with her was not easy.

I was um, yeah.

That’s all I’m going to say.

It wasn’t hard, that’s what I would say.”

“Not so much ‘Friends,’ but kind of her personality from afar,” he said.