Matthew Perry has revealed that he killed at least one story line on "Friends."

On Thursday's episode of Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen," Perry played one of the show's recurring games, "Plead the Fifth." In it, Cohen asks his guests three questions and allows them to pass on only one.

Perry, who's promoting the New York City run of his play, "The End of Longing," had already used his one pass on the first question — Cohen asked him to play "Marry, Shag, Kill" using his female "Friends" costars.

The second question: whether Perry knew what costar David Schwimmer meant by his offhand comment during the televised reunion last year, which Perry couldn't attend, that some "Friends" costars had had sex.

"I don't know who he was referring to," Perry said. "No, I think there was no sex between any of them, or I was really missing something."

Cohen's third and final question was whether there was a "Friends" story line that either "jumped the shark" or that Perry wouldn't allow.

"There was a story line on 'Friends' where Chandler went to a male strip joint because he really liked the sandwiches," Perry said. "And I called up, and I said, 'Let's not do this one.'"

He was successful in killing that story line, so fans never saw Chandler eating sandwiches with scantily clad men.

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Matthew Perry says he wouldn't take part in a revival of "Friends."

Perry, who currently stars Off-Broadway in the play he wrote, "The End of Longing," says that he'd rather "Friends" not join the revival craze of bygone sitcom hits like NBC's "Will & Grace" and ABC's "Roseanne." 

"I have this recurring nightmare — I’m not kidding about this," Perry told Variety in a newly published interview. "When I’m asleep, I have this nightmare that we do 'Friends' again and nobody cares. We do a whole series, we come back, and nobody cares about it. So if anybody asks me, I’m gonna say no. The thing is we ended on such a high. We can’t beat it. Why would we go and do it again?"

Perry starred as perpetually wise-cracking Chandler Bing on "Friends" from 1994 to 2004. The show was so popular that its stars negotiated the highest salary on TV at the time: $1 million per episode. Most recently, he starred on the canceled remake of "The Odd Couple" for three seasons on CBS.

The actor acknowledges that "Friends" "gave me every opportunity I ever had," but now he'd like to avoid traditional sitcom television in the next chapter of his acting career.

"In my head, I have this TV project that I’d write," Perry said. "That’s what the fantasy for me is, next. Somewhere on television. But my brain just thinks of darker sh-- than what is expected on a four-camera comedy, or at least on the ones that are on TV now. What I see is serious stuff that, as a bonus, happens to be funny."

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The INSIDER Summary:

• A number of hit TV shows have been rebooted lately.
• Matthew Perry, who played Chandler on "Friends," told a reporter at Variety that he wouldn't want to do a reboot of the popular sitcom.
• "I have this nightmare that we do 'Friends' again and nobody cares. We do a whole series, we come back, and nobody cares about it," he said.
• "If anybody asks me, I’m gonna say no. The thing is: We ended on such a high," he added. "We can’t beat it. Why would we go and do it again?"

These days, it seems like everything old is new again. From Netflix’s "Fuller House" to Showtime’s "Twin Peaks," to the big screen’s "Beauty and the Beast,""Baywatch,""21 Jump Street," and "It," reboots are everywhere you look. So it’s easy to understand why a Friends reboot would be on Chandler Bing — erm, Matthew Perry’s mind.

The actor has had plenty of work since "Friends" — currently he’s starring in the CBS comedy "The Odd Couple" and preparing to star in an Off-Broadway play he wrote — but his most famous and beloved role is still the one he played opposite Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, and Matt LeBlanc for 10 years. And while we may be ready for a "Friends" reboot, Perry doesn’t exactly feel the same way.

“I have this nightmare that we do 'Friends' again and nobody cares. We do a whole series, we come back, and nobody cares about it,” Perry told a reporter at Variety in an interview published today.

“If anybody asks me, I’m gonna say no. The thing is: We ended on such a high,” he continued. “We can’t beat it. Why would we go and do it again?”

Kudrow, who played Phoebe on the show, has commented on the possibility of a reboot too. “The thing we liked best about ["Friends"] was that they were twentysomethings and they were their own family,” she told Today a few months ago. “Now, they all have families, so what are we going to watch?”

It looks like we won’t be watching a "Friends" reunion anytime soon. In the meantime, there are plenty of episodes for us to rewatch!

Would you watch a "Friends" reboot? Let us know @BritandCo!

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The INSIDER Summary:

• Your best friends are the ones you always want to hangout with and feel as if you can tell them anything.
• You go through the worst together and shouldn't have to worry about them being judgmental.
• Your friend shouldn't judge you for talking about that ex or ugly crying in your room.

Having a #girlsquad is awesome for all the reasons, but your absolute best friends are the ones who want to hang out with you any time, all the time. No. Matter. What. You can pretty much do anything and your BFFs will still want to be by your side — whether it’s Netflix bingeing on a Saturday night or spending an entire day hunting for the perfect summer slip dress — these are all the things that make the bestie relationship so special. And even when it’s not all fun, they’re with you through thick and thin and are always there in your neediest hour. Which is probably why there are certain things that you know you can only get away with around your best friend — things that would make your other friends crazy but don’t even phase your BFF. Keep reading for our top 10 reasons that we love our besties!

1. You text obsess.

Who else could you spend hours crafting the *perfect* message with?! While other friends might not have the patience to discuss emoji choice at length, your best friend does it with a smile.

2. You pick up where you left off with no notice.

Even if a conversation ended hours, days, or even years ago, you can always start talking about basically anything and instead of being confused or getting annoyed, your BFF would know exactly what you’re talking about — kind of like mind reading, but for people who’ve spent a lot of time together.

3. You eat ice cream for dinner.

Or French fries, Doritos, or any other food that’s not exactly a whole, nutritious meal. The best part? You know you can do this around them without judgment, even if you complain about feeling full/queasy/bloated afterward.

It's fair to say that most people want to make friends at work.

But how can you be sure that you're behaving in a way that will make your coworkers want to get to know you?

"Just be yourself" is pretty lame advice. And if you're new — or shy — it can be especially difficult to figure out whether or not you're behaving in a likable manner.

Here are eight subtle signs that you're very likable in the office, even if it doesn't always feel like it:

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1. You're self-aware

You know yourself pretty well. You acknowledge your weaknesses, but you don't harp on them. You're generally pretty honest and authentic.

Those are traits that might not seem like a big deal, but can go a long way when it comes to endearing you to your coworkers. While it might sometimes seem like fake flatterers often get ahead, in healthy work cultures genuineness is valued.

Cultivating self-awareness is easier said that done. As Scientific American reported, it's a trait that we claim to value in others, but tend to avoid when it comes to our own lives.

2. You're able to get colleagues to do favors for you

This sign is a bit counterintuitive, but it all boils down to the "Ben Franklin effect." You might think that doing favors for other people would make them like you. However, as Changing Minds notes, Franklin once wrote, "He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another than he whom you yourself have obliged."

Basically, the more favors colleagues do for you, the more they'll like you as they internally justify helping you to themselves.

3. You tend to mimic others

You don't want to creep people out by going too overboard on your copy cat behavior. However, as Business Insider previously reported, one NYU study found that "mirroring"— or copying someone's body language, gestures, and facial expressions — can actually make people like you more.

So if you consistently mimic the behavior of those around you at work, odds are they probably view you pretty positively.

Since entering the working world six years ago, I've been wrestling with one particular existential quandary: When do people do stuff? Not work, not socializing, but stuff— like picking out stationery and getting your shoes re-heeled and returning a stack of library books.

The problem I keep running into is that I'm at the office during the day, and by the time I get home, I'm exhausted and most of the places I need to visit are closed.

Then the weekend rolls around and I can't stomach the idea of spending all of it running between the shoe-repair shop and the stationery store, instead of seeing friends and family.

Enter the two-person "power day." It's a combination of two tips I heard on "Happier with Gretchen Rubin," a podcast hosted by Rubin, who is the bestselling author of "The Happiness Project," and her sister, Elizabeth Craft, who is a television writer.

Here's how it works: You and a friend (or family member) designate a single day when you'll both do all the errands on your list — together.

In a 2016 episode of the podcast, Rubin and Craft talked about arranging "errand dates." You bring a friend to do an otherwise boring errand, and pair it with something fun, like visiting a new coffee shop in the neighborhood.

In a more recent episode, Rubin and Craft talked about "power days," where you do absolutely every errand on your list in a single day — doctor's appointments, visiting the car repair shop, whatever. They recommended bringing a friend along to make the whole experience more enjoyable.

The two-person power day is like an extreme version of the errand date — and here's why I love it: Everyone has boring stuff on their to-do list. Everyone wants to hang out with friends instead. This strategy allows both people to feel productive and happy at the same time. Ridiculously simple? Yes. Underutilized? Definitely.

Plus, it's a nice alternative to eating and drinking, which can sometimes seem like the only options for things to do when you meet up with a friend.

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What's mom doing when you're not home? A lot. But she's also doing it all while watching Netflix. 

The streaming giant surveyed 1,000 moms in the US to find out how they find time to stream their favorite shows, or "sneak" them, during the day. And their answers revealed some interesting viewing habits.

48% of the moms said they sneak-binge while making dinner, 9% while walking the dog, 40% while taking a bathroom break, and 57% while doing the laundry. 17% watch while in their driveway.

Some of their favorites range from classics like "Friends" to Netflix originals like "Fuller House." 

Here are the 10 shows moms sneak-binge the most, according to Netflix:

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10. "Gilmore Girls"

9. "Fuller House"

8. "Once Upon A Time"

Making friends as an adult is hard.

There are so many things to consider — from where to meet new people in the first place to how you spend time together. And what happens if you really like them but aren't sure whether they're keen on you?

Several recent psychological studies suggest there are a few simple ways to make yourself more likable — something that can come in handy for everything from friendships to job interviews. Here are a few of our favorites.

Reveal, don't conceal

It's tempting to shy away from probing questions because you don't want to overshare or reveal too much personal information.

As it turns out, people might actually see you in a more positive light if you share that information than if you withhold it, according to a study from Harvard Business School. The researchers looked at how revealing versus concealing information affected two scenarios: potential dates and potential employers.

Study participants were split into two groups — half were prospects for dates, and the rest could choose whether or not to date these individuals. The dating prospects then got split again — half were "revealers" who admitted to engaging in some unsavory behavior, like fantasizing about doing something terrible. The other half were "hiders" who did not volunteer this information.

When the volunteers were given the chance to pick who they'd rather date, 79% of them chose the revealer.

The researchers replicated the experiment in a job interview scenario and came to similar conclusions. For this experiment, the participants had to respond to the question, “Have you ever done drugs?” They could say yes, no, or choose not to answer. Then potential employers got their pick of the candidates. Overall, the employers were more interested in hiring the people who'd answered 'yes' than the people who'd chosen not to answer or said 'no.'

Other research backs up this idea. A large review of multiple studies from the American Psychological Association found that people who engage in what they called "intimate disclosures" tend to be liked more than those who disclose less about themselves. The same study also found that people tend to share more personal information with people whom they initially like. And people tend like others as a result of sharing personal information with them as well.

Share something personal

Along the same lines, disclosing something about yourself that you don't share with most people can increase intimacy.

A 1997 study by State University of New York psychologist Arthur Aron — the subject of a viral New York Times article called "Questions that can make you fall in love with a stranger"— is a classic example of this. Aron essentially showed that two people who were willing to feel more connected to each other could do so, even within a short time.

For his study, Aron separated two groups of people, then paired people up within their groups and had them chat with one another for 45 minutes. While the first group of pairs spent the 45 minutes engaging in small talk, the second group got a list of questions that gradually grew more intimate.

Unsurprisingly, the pairs who asked the probing questions felt closer and more connected after the 45 minutes were up. Six months later, two of the participants (a tiny fraction of the original study group) even found themselves in love.

Compliment them — but not too much

The words you use to describe others can mean a lot. Some research suggests that people subconsciously associate the words you use to describe other people with your own personality, a phenomenon known in psychology as spontaneous trait transference. This applies whether the words you use are kind or cruel, so choose wisely.

Although compliments are generally good, be careful how you use them. Some studies have found that when it comes to winning people over, lavishing them with positive comments pales in comparison to giving negative feedback first and positive feedback later.

University of Minnesota researchers tried this out in a 1965 experiment. They had 80 female college students work in pairs on a task, and facilitated a situation in which those students would "overhear" their partners talking about them. (In reality, experimenters had told the partners what to say.)

In the first of the study's four scenarios, the comments were uniformly positive; in the second, the comments were all negative; in the third, the comments changed from positive to negative; and in the fourth, the comments shifted from negative to positive. Overall, the students liked their partners best when their comments shifted from negative to positive, suggesting that people like to feel as though they've persuaded you in some way.

Bottom line: If you want people to like you, don't be afraid to share things about yourself. And be complimentary, but don't overdo it.

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While the exact practice of determining the worth of a tech company is a form of economic voodoo that has historically proven to be fairly unreliable, estimates suggest that Netflix is worth somewhere around $70 billion. Now, while that might not be an exact figure, it’s a number that should let you know that the world’s most popular streaming service has money to burn.

While we have no doubt that a fair bit of that money goes to things like overhead, payroll, and such other fun corporate expenses, Netflix can certainly afford to spend a good deal of that money on producing original content and acquiring popular shows. So that’s exactly what they do.

Netflix drops quite a bit of money every year on new shows to add to their service. While you may lament the loss of a certain program or Netflix’s decision to not renew a certain beloved program, in order to really appreciate how expensive it is for the service to maintain a respectable roster of films and shows, you need to look at exactly how much the most expensive Netflix shows cost. In doing so, you may find that your $9.99 a month is actually a greater value than you thought.

These are the 15 TV shows that cost Netflix a ton of money:

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15. "The Walking Dead"— $1.35 million an episode

The details on this one are a bit vague. For instance, we know that Netflix secured the exclusive streaming rights to "The Walking Dead" in 2011. At the time, neither side openly disclosed the figures behind this deal, but a few industry outlets did some digging and came up with the seemingly generous figure of $1.35 million an episode. This estimate operates under the assumption that the deal was only for episodes available at the time (which was about the first two seasons) and that later arrangements weren’t made to include subsequent episodes.

Even still, that deal would have been worth a little over $25 million. That puts it just ahead of several Netflix shows that just hit the $25 million mark, including "Narcos," which was “held ransom” by Escobar’s brother for $1 billion. That’s one exorbitant fee Netflix didn’t pay.

14. "Scrubs"— $26 million a year

"Scrubs" is one those shows that a variety of television viewers absolutely love. Fans of smart writing dig the show’s clever jabs and nonsensical detours from reality. Medical drama viewers enjoy Scrubs’ surprisingly heartfelt moments of genuine emotion. Pretty much everyone seems to dig the show’s memorable cast of characters.

So, it’s not too surprising that Netflix would pay a high fee for the rights to stream NBC’s hit comedy, but the reported $26 million they pony up every year for the rights to host the entire series is an eye-popping number. Is it worth it? Well, every time a subscriber says "Oh, they have 'Scrubs'" or someone compares the price of the full "Scrubs" series set to the cost of a Netflix subscription, Netflix probably finds a way to justify the high cost.

13. Netflix's Marvel series — $40 million a season

This entry is a bit tricky to put an exact price tag on. Technically, you might want to add a few dollars to the total of each of these shows, given that Netflix only gained the right to produce them after they paid somewhere in the neighborhood of $300 million for the rights to Disney, Marvel, and Lucasfilm properties. That being the case, you could make an argument that these are actually the most expensive shows in the Netflix lineup.

However, as it’s not really feasible to break down that $300 million into Marvel-sized chunks, we’re going with the reported $40 million production budget each Marvel Netflix show reportedly costs. There might be a little variation in the exact figures, and "The Defenders" will likely end up being the most expensive of them all, but these are still some pricey shows, no matter how you slice it.

Facebook recently announced that it now has over 2 billion monthly users. This makes its “population” larger than that of China, the US, Mexico and Japan combined.

Its popularity, and with it the influence it has in society, is beyond dispute.

But for many the experience of actually using the site fluctuates somewhere between the addictive and the annoying.

Our new research shows that the reason for this is very simple. It’s all to do with other people, and how we feel about them.

For Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg and colleagues, the ethos behind the site is straightforward. It aims to“give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together”. By offering individuals the chance to connect with friends and share meaningful content, it aims to strengthen relationships and community ties.

The fact that this is a rather idealistic picture of society hasn’t prevented the site from flourishing. Yet, examining what people actually do on the site, how they interact with each other, and what they feel about the behaviour of friends and acquaintances, shows that the truth is rather more complex.

Silent watchers

We surveyed and selectively interviewed a network of over 100 Facebook users.

Our findings show how we continue to use the site and remain connected to people through it even though they often annoy or offend us.

But instead of challenging them or severing ties, we continue to use Facebook to silently watch them – and perhaps even take pleasure from judging them.

In other words, Facebook reflects the dynamics at the heart of all real human relationships. Just as in their offline life, people try to open up and bond with each other while simultaneously having to cope with the everyday frictions of friendship.

One of the most notable things we found in our research was the high number of people who said that they were frequently offended by what their friends posted. The sorts of things that caused offence ran the gamut from extremist or strongly-held political opinions (racism, homophobia, partisan political views) to oversharing of daily routines and acts of inadvertent self-promotion.

For example, one interviewee wrote of how she had “a particularly hard time with pro-gun posts”:

I really, really wish guns were significantly less accessible and less glorified in American culture. Still, I don’t think Facebook is really the place that people chose to listen to opposing views, so I usually ignore posts of that nature.

At the other end of the spectrum was this interviewee:

I wrote to a friend about how my two-year-old was counting to 40 and was saying the alphabet in three languages. This made a Facebook contact write passive aggressively on her wall about overachieving parents who spend all their time bragging about their children. I felt the need to de-friend her after that incident.

Why do we put up with this?

The reason these reactions happened so often was due to various factors native to the sort of communications technology that Facebook represents. First, there’s the specific type of diversity that exists among people’s online networks. That is, the diversity created by people from different parts of your life being brought together in one space.

On Facebook, you write your message without knowing who precisely will read it, but in the knowledge that the likely audience will include people from various parts of your life who have a range of different values and beliefs.

In face-to-face conversations you’re likely to talk to you father-in-law, work colleagues or friends from primary school in separate contexts, using different styles of communication. Whereas on Facebook they’ll all see the same side of you, as well as getting to see the opinions of those you associate with.

This means that people are engaging in personal conversations in a much more public space than they did before, and that the different value systems these diverse friends have can very easily come into conflict.

But the nature of the ties people have on Facebook means that often they can’t just break loose from people they find annoying or offensive in this way.

For example, if a work colleague or relative offends you, there are likely to be reasons of duty or familial responsibility which mean you won’t want to de-friend them. Instead, people make discreet changes in their settings on the site to limit the views they find offensive from showing up in their feed, without provoking outward shows of conflict with people.

As one interviewee explained:

I remember de-friending one person (friend of a friend) as she kept posting her political opinions that were the complete opposite of mine. It frustrated me as I didn’t know her well enough to “bite” and reply to her posts, equally, I didn’t want to voice it on a public forum.

None of the people in the study, however, said that they’d reduced their use of Facebook because of the frequent offence they experienced from using it. Instead, we can speculate, it’s this opportunity to be slightly judgemental about the behaviour of your acquaintances that proves one of the compelling draws of the site.

Similar to the “hate-watching” experience of viewing television programmes you don’t like because you enjoy mocking them, this can be seen as a mild form of “hate-reading”. Logging onto Facebook gives you the chance to be indignantly offended (or maybe just mildly piqued) by other people’s ill-informed views and idiosyncratic behaviour. And there’s a surprising amount of pleasure in that.

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The INSIDER Summary:

• Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato have been friends for years.
• The pair have had their ups and downs, though.
• Lovato congratulated Gomez on her new song on Twitter.
• Gomez did the same.
• Their fans freaked out.

Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato have been friends for a very long time. The duo once starred together in the children's show "Barney" when they were 7-year-olds before growing up into Disney Channel stars where they launched their careers as singers and actresses.

But their friendship from young actors to outright superstars has had its ups and downs. Gomez's friendship with Taylor Swift was rumored to come between the two in 2010 as well as Lovato's friendship with another Disney star, Miley Cyrus.

It seems that lately though, Gomez and Lovato are on better terms. The pair even had a heartwarming exchange on Twitter after Lovato reached out to congratulate Gomez on her latest song "Fetish."

"[Selena] Loving your new song 'Fetish,' we've come a long way since our 'Barney' days," Lovato wrote on Friday.

"Yes we have,"Gomez wrote back. "Just listening to Sorry Not Sorry! You slay as always. So happy for you!"

Fans were happy to see the pair interacting together, even if it was only online.

Both stars have been open about their friendship struggles, as well as personal issues, with their fans. Lovato has previously said that when she went to rehab for an eating disorder and for self-harming back in 2011, Gomez was there for her. Gomez herself has been outspoken about having Lupus and took a 90-day hiatus from Hollywood to deal with "anxiety, panic attacks, and depression" stemming from her diagnosis.

"I've known her since we were 7, and we did fall apart for a while,"Gomez previously told E! News about her friendship with Lovato. "She was going through things and I was so young and it was confusing. I processed it saying, 'Okay, I don't understand what she's going through so I'm just going to do this.' I don't think it was fair, and I'm so happy that I have her back in my life now."

It's refreshing to see these two superstars getting along. Seems like all is well in Semi/Delena-land.

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When you were a child, you probably didn't have much of an idea of how much things cost.

Reality dawns on us more severely as we get older, when we encounter things like rent, bills, and the general cost of living.

However, according to a new poll by Provident Personal Credit, those as young as 5 years old may be feeling financial pressures.

1,000 UK children aged 5-12 were asked about how much they thought things cost and their attitudes towards family finances.

When it came to how much money their family has, 12% of 5-7 year-olds said they felt pressure about it, compared to 18% of 8-9 year-olds and 21% of 10-12 year-olds.

One in five of the children surveyed overall said their family income was a cause of tension with their friends, with 10% of 10-12 year-olds saying they felt the pressure to have a bigger or nicer house in front of their peers.

More than 16% of 5-7 year-olds said they feel like they have to have the latest gadgets, and nearly a quarter (24%) of 8-9 year-olds felt pressure to wear designer clothes.

However, it seems that children still don't quite have a grasp on how much things actually cost, as the video below shows. On average, the children set themselves a target of earning £5,900 a month when they grew up.

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I've fumbled the "tell me about yourself" part of at least one job interview — it's harder than it sounds, guys!

So I was intrigued by the idea that there's an easy way to prepare a thoughtful, genuine to answer to the question.

It's called the "friends test," and it comes from Simon Sinek, who is a leadership expert and the bestselling author of multiple books including, most recently, "Leaders Eat Last." Sinek has made a career largely out of helping people and companies find their "why," or their purpose.

When he visited the Business Insider office in July for a Facebook Live interview, Sinek explained how the "friends test" can help you find your "why"— and how you can use that knowledge to sell yourself at the beginning of a job interview.

Here's how it works.

Step 1: Pick a friend who you love and who loves you. You can't choose a family member or a spouse.

Step 2: Ask that person, "Why are we friends?"

Sinek said that person will probably be weirded out at first because you're asking them to put complicated feelings into words. So change up the wording: "What is it about me that I know you would be there for me no matter what?"

Then your friend will probably start describing the qualities of any friend: "You're funny" or "You're loyal." So you'll have to push them to describe you specifically.

"Eventually," Sinek said, "they'll give up and they'll stop describing you and they'll start describing themselves"— how you make them feel and the value you add to their lives.

For example, Sinek said his friend told him: "I can sit in a room with you and feel inspired; I don't even have to talk to you."

Ideally, you'll do this exercise with multiple friends, so you can synthesize their responses into one compelling answer.

As for Sinek, he would tell the interviewer:

"I wake up every single morning to inspire people to do what inspires them. … I imagine a world in which the vast majority of people wake up inspired to go to work, feel safe when they're there, and return home fulfilled at the end of the day.

"And I think that your company is devoted to that cause as well, which is why I want to work for you. … I've met people here and they all seem on that path, which is why I feel compelled to interview here. I want to be a part of whatever it is you're doing because I think it'll help me fulfill my own purpose and my own cause."

Watch the full interview:

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Last year, we took a look at what it would cost to live in the homes of your favourite fictional characters.

However, with most film and TV scenes filmed in the same rooms and from the same angles, it's hard to tell what's actually inside.

If you've ever wondered how big the homes of your favourite fictional characters actually are, look no further.

Clarendon Serviced Apartments has put together detailed, furnished floor plans of some of the homes of the most famous fictional characters. 

From Carrie Bradshaw's New York City apartment to Dexter Morgan's Miami-based lair, scroll down for a detailed look at how big the flats and apartments of seven famous fictional characters actually are, along with their make-believe addresses. 

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FRIENDS: Apartments 19 & 20, 495 Grove Street, New York — Chandler & Joey/Monica & Rachel's Apartments.

Apartment 20, where the gang spend most of their time, and where Monica and Chandler end up, would cost £3.08 million today.

SHERLOCK: 221B Baker Street, London — Sherlock Holmes’ Flat.

Now home to a museum, Sherlock Holmes' Baker Street flat is one of London's top tourist locations.

THE BIG BANG THEORY: Apartments 4A & 4B, 2311 North Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena — Sheldon, Leonard & Penny's Apartments.

The New York Post estimates that Sheldon and Leonard's apartment would cost around $2,000 (£1,535) a month in rent.

You might enjoy your job, but would you ever recommend that a friend apply to your company?

Sure, it'd be fun to work with your buddies. But you'd have to really be confident that your organization was a good fit. Otherwise, you could be setting yourself up for some serious personal and professional drama.

Glassdoor recently broke down the organizations workers are most likely to talk up to friends.

On the job site, reviewers have the option to indicate whether or not they'd recommend the company to a friend. All of the institutions on the list have a "Recommend to a Friend" rating of over 85%, with at least 40 people who weighed in, and at least a four out of five company rating.

Here are some of the most-hyped companies on Glassdoor:

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If your favorite female TV character is wearing baggy clothing, holding groceries, suddenly "getting fat," or standing behind random props, a coverup may be in play.

Mindy Kaling recently confirmed that she's pregnant. And while the sixth and final season of "The Mindy Project" premieres on Hulu September 12, she likely didn't have to hide a bump because shooting was probably complete before she started showing. But that got us thinking about the lengths TV shows have gone to conceal pregnancies, or write them into the show.

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Actresses, props teams, and everyone behind the camera do a lot to hide pregnancies during filming. Gal Gadot's pregnancy had to be hidden while shooting an additional scene for "Wonder Woman." But this is more frequently an issue for TV actors, as shows have season deadlines that aren't always as forgiving as the ones for films. 

Not every pregnancy can be written into a character's storyline. So shows get creative in maneuvering around baby bumps. Often that just means the actresses are draped in comically oversized clothes, winter lasts forever because the coats are convenient, or actresses are hidden behind randomly placed objects. Or they're simply filmed from the chest up.

Take a look at which actresses were pregnant while filming and how their TV hid it:

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Kerry Washington: The attempts "Scandal" took to hide its star's pregnancy in season three were often laughed at by the media and fans. From the gigantic coats, ridiculously placed objects, and chest-up-only shots, "Scandal" used every trick. And it took a toll on Washington. She said filming was a "challenge" because her "instrument was changing and evolving every day."

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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Lucille Ball: The comedy icon was pregnant during the second season of "I Love Lucy." Though CBS allowed Ball's pregnancy to be included in the story, the episode that revealed her condition famously was not allowed to actually use the word "pregnant" and found Lucy in some very oversized coats as she wasn't supposed to be as far along as Ball was in real life.

Alyson Hannigan: She was pregnant twice in her "How I Met Your Mother" career — the first time it was hidden, while the second coincided with her character Lily's pregnancy. The first time around, the creators decided to take some humorous liberties. They hid her behind basketballs and globes, but then showed her full belly, pretending it was the aftereffect of a hot dog eating competition. Costar Cobie Smulders, however, didn't get to show off her baby bump in the show's fourth season. Instead, she was given loose clothing and big handbags.

Source: The Chicago Tribune

The INSIDER Summary:

• If you've seen all 10 seasons of "Friends," there's one alternate subplot you may have never seen.
• After 9/11, the show changed Monica and Chandler's scenes on the third episode of season eight.
• On the aired episode, the two are seen feuding with another newlywed couple heading out to their honeymoon.
• The alternate scenes show Chandler and Monica detained at the airport after Chandler makes an ill-timed bomb joke. 
• Years after the show ended, the alternate scenes found their way online.

If you're a big fan of NBC '90s sitcom "Friends," there may be one episode you've never really seen as it was originally intended.  

The September 11, 2001 attacks altered the production of different shows and movies including a season eight episode of "Friends" that could have played out differently.

On the third episode of season eight, "The One Where Rachel Tells Ross," Chandler and Monica head on their honeymoon. The episode shows the two getting upstaged by another newly-married couple every leg of the way on their vacation. The other couple gets upgraded to the last first class seats on a flight. When they check in to the same hotel, they get upgraded to a nicer suite room seconds ahead of Chandler and Monica. 

In reality, Monica and Chandler were never supposed to arrive at their destination in the original version of the episode.

Alternate deleted scenes from the October 11, 2001 episode show the two were to be detained in the airport after Chandler makes a joke about bombs. 

"You don't have to worry about me, ma'am. I take my bombs very seriously," says Chandler after spotting a sign that deliberately states that federal law prohibits any joking about aircraft hijacking or bombings.

It doesn't end there. When they're cleared to get on their flight, Monica receives a call from Joey and Phoebe about their apartment door being damaged. When Joey asks Monica whether or not she'll charge them for it, she yells out, "No, I want you to stand there and wait for the entire place to blow up!" 

The two are immediately brought back into the interrogation room at the airport. 

Unless you know to look for the scene online, you may not have ever seen it. The deleted scenes are reportedly on a 2004 UK release of the DVDs. The scenes eventually made their way to YouTube and it's easy to see why the episode was retooled. 

You can watch the alternate scenes below:

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• Selena Gomez needed a kidney transplant due to her lupus.
• Her best friend Francia Raisa donated hers.
• She's an actress who rose to fame on "The Secret Life of the American Teenager."

Selena Gomez revealed that she underwent a kidney transplant this summer, thanks to a close donor.

The 25-year-old singer and actress shared a heartfelt post on her Instagram explaining that she had to recover from a necessary transplant due to her lupus and thanking her close friend and fellow actress Francia Raisa for the donation.

"There aren't words to describe how I can possibly thank my beautiful friend Francia Raisa," Gomez wrote. "She gave me the ultimate gift and sacrifice by donating her kidney to me. I am incredibly blessed. I love you so much sis."

Here are six things to know about Raisa.

1. Raisa and Gomez have been friends for years.

In a 2013 interview with Latina magazine, Raisa revealed that she had met Gomez six years earlier at a Children's Hospital event led by Disney and ABC Family.

"Selena and I were in the same group and we just clicked," she said.

In 2016, Raisa wrote an Instagram post for Gomez's birthday thanking her for being her friend. 

"Wether its [sic] crying, laughing, or simply sitting on my kitchen floor throwing our hands up in the air confused at life, I'm thankful you're always there," she wrote. "I am obsessed with every memory we've built in the last 8 years and the ones we have yet to create. I am so grateful that God put you in my life when he did."

2. Raisa started acting while in high school.

The 29-year-old actress made her TV debut on "Over There" and during her senior year, she booked a lead role next to Hayden Panettiere and Solange in "Bring It On: All or Nothing." She was also modeling prior to her acting career. 

3. She rose to fame on "The Secret Life of the American Teenager."

One of Raisa's biggest roles was playing Adrian on the ABC Family (now known as Freeform) show that ran for five seasons. She's returning to Freeform in 2018 on "Grown-ish," the upcoming "Black-ish" spin-off.

4. She is from Los Angeles.

Born in raised in the city of angels, Raisa has two younger sisters, Iralia and Irlanda. Her dad is Latin radio personalityRenan Almendarez Coello, known by his name "El Cucuy." She is of Honduran and Mexican descent and is bilingual.

5. She's a big supporter of immigration and helps to raise awareness for causes such as sex trafficking.

She routinely shares information to her social media followers for the causes she believes in. She shared her support for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, better known as DACA, and has worked with Unlikely Heroes, an anti-human trafficking organization, for years. For her birthday this year, she asked for her followers to donate $27 or more to the cause.

6. She loves to dance.

She started taking dance classes at the age of five and has been dancing ever since. Her dance styles range from jazz to hip-hop.

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Members of the royal family aren't often told what they can and can't do. But just a few days into his first year of school, 4-year-old Prince George already faces a mandate: No best friends allowed.

Thomas's Battersea, the school George attends, bans kids from having best friends, Marie Claire reports. Instead, teachers encourage all students to form bonds with one another to avoid creating feelings of exclusions among those without best friends.

Jane Moore, a parent whose child attends the school, explained the idea on a recent episode of the British talk show "Loose Women.""There's a policy," she said, "that if your child is having a party — unless every child is invited — you don't give out the invites in class."

The trend of banning best friends has been growing for several years, and it's spread beyond European borders to American schools as well. Some psychologists and parents argue kids become more well-adjusted when they have larger friend groups and can avoid negative feelings associated with feeling left out. 

Critics, however, say the approach robs kids of the chance to form valuable coping skills. By grappling with mild social exclusion when they're young, kids will emerge as more capable, resilient adults, these advocates argue.

People who support kids having larger friend groups in place of best friends tend to view these larger groups as healthier for nurturing a sense of belonging. "We try to talk to kids and work with them to get them to have big groups of friends and not be so possessive about friends," Christine Laycob, director of counseling at Mary Institute in St. Louis, told the New York Times.

Best friends, with their tight bonds and inside jokes, throw a wrench into that open environment, school officials contend.

In England, where the trend is still more popular, schools across South West London, Kingston, and Surrey have taken up the practice. Some accounts suggest the practice has moved up north to Canada, as teachers in big schools may shuffle friendships around to expose kids to a range of peers.

A wealth of research indicates best friends create value for people throughout their lives. One study recently published in Child Development found people with best friends enjoyed better mental health well into adulthood.

"We weren't surprised that better adolescent close friendships turned out to be important, but we were surprised by just how important they turned out to be into adulthood," Rachel Narr, University of Virginia doctoral student and lead author of the study, told New York Magazine.

Narr's study also found kids with broader friend groups tended to grow up with higher rates of social anxiety than kids with smaller numbers of closer friends.

And although anti-best-friend policies may help kids in the short-term, research suggests the strong connections found among best friends could be vital for mental health in a world where adolescents are lonelier than ever.

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• New research shows being popular may not be as important as having a select few close friends.
• Teens with close bonds grew up to be better at handling mental health issues like anxiety and depression.
• However, a correlation between having friends and being mentally healthy doesn't necessarily prove one causes the other.

When you were at school, were you one of the cool kids, or did you stick to just a couple of friends?

According to some new research, having a select few pals who you were very close to at school could be better for your mental health in the long run.

A new study, published in the journal Child Development in August, looked at data from 169 adolescents, to see whether the size of their friendship groups had an effect on depressive symptoms, self-worth, and social anxiety symptoms from ages 15 to 25.

It found that close friendships in adolescence were associated with an increase in self worth, and a decrease in anxiety and depressive symptoms in early adulthood.

Lead author Rachel Narr, who is a Ph.D. candidate in clinical psychology at the University of Virginia, works on the psychology of close relationships during adolescence.

"Peer relationships are such a major part of life for adolescents, and there are so many different types of peer relationships," she told Business Insider.

"I was interested in looking at the different functions those might have for mental health longterm. Both popularity and close friendship have some possible merits at age 15 as far as helping teens feel better about themselves, and past work has suggested that both have some — but we don't know as much about which has a lasting positive impact into adulthood."

Quality is better than quantity.

Narr said the research shows that it seems to be quality over quantity of friendships that's the more psychologically healthy route when you're at school.

"We weren't surprised that better adolescent close friendships turned out to be important, but we were surprised by just how important they turned out to be into adulthood," she said. "We thought we might see close friendship and popularity predict change in mental health during adolescence, and a weaker relation from age 15 to 25, but we saw exactly the reverse. It seems like close friendship at age 15 sort of 'set in motion' these long term gains."

This, she said, could be true for a variety of reasons. For example, your teenage years are when you form the first major relationships with people who aren't in your family.

"Experiencing very positive ones at that point in life may set the stage in a powerful way," Narr said. "Also, adolescence is a major time of life where people are developing their self-concepts, so having a close friend who helps you feel good about yourself, trusts you, likes you, and who you like and trust, might really set people up for positive change."

Also, adolescence is the time where people are most sensitive to feedback from peers, and start choosing who they want to spend time with, rather than who they are introduced to through parents or siblings.

Close friends offer a solid support system.

Charlotte*, who is 24 and from Hertfordshire, told Business Insider she had a select circle of friends at school who are still her friends today. While she got along with most people, she didn't consider herself in the popular "cliques."

"I think with them it's actually benefited me in the long run socially as they've been quite a solid support system, and almost takes the pressure off making 'new friends,' as I have my circle, so if there's a person who joins it that's great, otherwise no big deal," she said.

"The friendships are based on trust and honesty. So it's easier to express opinions, have friendly debates, etc, within the group. I suffer from anxiety myself and they've definitely helped with it and I would say more so. It's funny as the people who were in the popular group don't keep in touch with each other as far as I'm aware."

Katie*, who is 23 and from Southampton, also found having fewer friends beneficial in the long run. She told Business Insider it was hard at the time not getting on with everybody, but most of the people she now associates with were in the same boat and feel the same.

When it comes to dealing with mental health and social situations in later life, Katie said people who had a tougher time in school experience deeper emotions, both negative and positive, earlier.

Speaking on the popular kids, she said: "I think they remain comfortable for too long and then when the stresses arise later on, they have no basis for comparison, [and] it's the worst it's ever been to them."

Still, it's not easy to make them.

Mary*, who is 32 and from London, feels quite the opposite as Charlotte and Katie. She told Business Insider that she had no friends at school, and from early on stood out from the crowd as being "the smart one."

"I wasn't the rebellious kid who was talking back to teachers or wearing the latest fashion... I was frequently mocked or verbally abused, for being a smarty pants and the teachers' favourite," she said. "I committed a suicide attempt age 14 which made the bullying worse... subsequently I never felt really close from anyone and I don't recall counting any 'true' friends."

Not being invited to sleepovers or to go out to bars or clubs at university has really affected her socially, Mary said.

"I am subject to a lot of anxiety and generally avoid social situations when possible," she said. "I regularly try to force myself to go to work gatherings or my league [roller derby] parties... but I regularly pull out at the last minute: What am I going to talk about? How will these people find me interesting? I don't have anything to say to them."

Mary also goes from one failed relationship to another, and although she has gone through cognitive behavioural therapy in the past, she hasn't managed to overcome her lack of self-esteem.

"I would love to know how popular people manage to be so greatly appreciated and recognised by others — what do they have that I don't?" she said. "The easy answer would be that they are just being themselves, but unfortunately I haven't had the chance to practise being myself with people and when I do it usually end up in disaster or just an awkward moment.

"I constantly feel I have nothing to bring to anyone, so what's the point? I just don't think I have what it takes, which makes me sad in a way but I haven't really known it any different."

Chris*, 29 from Bristol, agreed that not having many friends at school was tough. He said this has lead to him craving close friendship with everyone he can.

"In general I have anxieties about people not liking me or respecting the way I think... [I'm] not sure where it stems from but it's potentially rooted in [having few friends,]" he said. "I think I deliberately seek closer friendships on purpose, so it's hard to know whether it's because of it or if I have just made it that way.

"I would say I was not confident which led to not making friends in the same way popular people did, which in turn led me to viewing friends as people you have a close bond with, rather than just mates or whatever."

He added that it's more likely that his mental health had an impact on his social situation at school, rather than the other way around. For example, he was a nervous child, which meant he didn't make a ton of friends easily. However, he doesn't think the popular kids had it easy, either.

"The people I went to school with must have felt pressure to be consistent, which is hard to be when you're a preteen/teenager," he said. "I think having fewer friends made it easier for me — [There was] less judgment."

Friends are good for your health — no matter how many you have.

The research cannot be certain of which way around it is, or why some teens form close friendships while many don't. It suggests a correlation between friendships or popularity and changes later in life, rather than one causing the other. Another limitation of the research is that the study started in 1998 to 1999, meaning the influence of social media hasn't been accounted for.

However, research does show that friendships are good for our overall health. One study from 2015 discussed how our social connections help us deal with daily stresses just by having someone to share experiences with and talk to.

So, popular or not, it's a good idea to make sure you still make time for your nearest and dearest. You never know when you'll need them.

*Names adjusted / surnames removed for anonymity.

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