Jennifer Aniston On The Time She Threw A Chair At A Director

We can make at least one assumption about Jennifer Aniston's recent foray into directing: she was nice to the script supervisor.

Aniston recently took a rare trip behind the camera to create one of the shorts that comprises Lifetime's "Project Five," a TV movie about breast cancer. And, given what she tells Elle in their new issue about an incident she had on set of one of the films in which she acted, we'd expect off-screen assistants were treated pretty well on her project.

"I threw a chair at a director. It wasn't my proudest moment," she tells the magazine "He was treating a script supervisor horribly... When the director walked in, I threw a chair at him. I missed, of course. I was like, 'You can't speak to people like that.' I can't tolerate it."

She didn't give any indication as to who the director was, and given her long career, it's hard to make a guess. Though no one would be too upset if it was Andy Tennant, her director on "The Bounty Hunter."

Aniston has spoken recently about her love of working behind the camera. About "Project Five," she told Access Hollywood, "It was like a dream come true, honestly, and such an important piece that we all were invested in. It was like working with, not only our best friends, but they're also incredible producers, and all of us coming together. We just can't believe that we're actually here. It's amazing."

For more, click over to Elle.

Comments

[deweycheethamandhowe]

09:35 AM on 11/05/2011

Brad Pitt calls Jennifer Aniston boring in an interview, and next thing you know Jennifer Aniston is relating a ridiculous and improbable story about how she once threw a chair at a director? She's even more pathetic than I thought. I really hope no one, other than the fawning media, believes this nonsense. Jennifer Aniston has been famous for nearly 2 decades, and for the better part of that time she has been so famous that she can't exhale without the gossip rags mistaking it for a "baby bump", but we are supposed to believe that this particularly violent moment is only being heard about now? What is not related in this version, is that in the Elle interview where she makes this lie up, she says it occured in a restaurant. So this chair throwing incident happened in public? Sure it did, rummy!

[starrianna]

03:23 PM on 10/09/2011

Jennifer Aniston, talking with her PR Team of 176 people, about what to report in the latest weekly version of "The Star" magazine:

"OK, so this one time, at band camp..."

[starrianna]

03:22 PM on 10/09/2011

Having to make up a lie that you threw a chair at someone to make yourself seem interesting is just sad.

Apparently, hanging out with Jennifer Aniston is even more god-awful-Boring than having to read her own made-up stories about her.

[Ezana Berhane]

05:11 PM on 10/08/2011

I'll be chair for youuuuuuu.....(friends theme song voice)

[Haitiana4Obama]

12:31 AM on 10/08/2011

And she's proud of this outburst because? This is so contrived with the entire "I missed of course" line. Chris Brown you are not Rachel.

[RJJOHNSON23]

03:55 PM on 10/08/2011

"It wasn't my proudest moment"

"It wasn't my proudest moment"

"It wasn't my proudest moment"

"It wasn't my proudest moment"

[CarmenCameron]

06:14 PM on 10/07/2011

Filed under "Irrelevant People".

[Nic the wonder puppy]

11:14 AM on 10/07/2011

And I peed on a tree

[LuLuismoir]

11:13 AM on 10/07/2011

People on film sets tend to be horrible, especially the director. They act as if the film they're making is something vitally important. Forget it if you're a lowly PA or, heaven forbid, an extra, they'll either treat you like something they stepped in or they'll ignore you so thoroughly, you will truly feel invisible. Generally, the nicest people on set are the biggest stars. Funny how that works.

[Bandit29]

09:34 AM on 10/07/2011

I hope they got that on film. It would be the only example of her showing any genuine emotion. She is a terrible actress.

[MissIndependentLady]

08:57 AM on 10/07/2011

This is great. The media portrays her as "the girl next door" or "america's sweetheart", when in reality, she's not that sweet. I don't care what anyone says to you. Don't throw a chair at someone. That could cause serious damage.

[by-the-sea-]

02:39 PM on 10/07/2011

She said she "missed of course," meaning she wasn't trying to hurt anyone, just make a point. Film sets can be very volatile, so it probably wasn't even that big of a deal...that's why we're only hearing it by her own admission.

[MissIndependentLady]

04:02 PM on 10/07/2011

Ohh, she missed. That makes the situation so much better. *rolls eyes* There's no justification. You don't throw chairs for any reason, period, unless you're not very bright.

[latterdaywhacko]

06:38 AM on 10/07/2011

maybe if she weren't so self centered - she wouldnt be eternally and pathetically single.

[stevethetruck1]

12:32 AM on 10/07/2011

Well, that's one way to get some press. She was in a TV show once, right? I forget.

[belllaculllen]

01:54 AM on 10/07/2011

There's no way anyone can look at that face and call her anything else but homely. I liken the brainwashing to how people deluded themselves that that one really popular girl in high school was pretty. She really wasn't, she just blew the football team, or passed out her moms Valium at parties, but people refused to see the truth as they were deluded sheeple.

[Ellyllon]

02:05 AM on 10/07/2011

Or *maybe* she was a genuinely good friend, really fun, amusing, loyal... and maybe the perception of her looks alters in light of her personality. Maybe she just seems NICE.

I've met many people who are picture-book pretty, & within a few hours, I'm seeing the flaws. I've met many more who aren't traditionally model-cute, and once I know them, every feature is amazingly beautiful.

The shallowness of posts like yours never fails to astound me.

[capt hastings]

12:09 AM on 10/07/2011

She can't "tolerate" people speaking rudely to a subordinate, but throwing chairs at people is OK?
Just stupid hype to get more PR for her directing of the Lifetime project.

[Ohsherri]

11:32 PM on 10/06/2011

I wonder what Brad thinks of all this.
I hope they get an interview with him.