Jennifer Aniston wiped away tears on Sunday during a televised tribute to legendary television director James Burrows.
The 47-year-old actress joined her Friends castmates as they gathered to celebrate the career of the 75-year-old director during the two-hour special Must See TV: An All-Star Tribute to James Burrows on NBC.
Aniston took to the stage to honor Burrows along with Friends co-stars Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer and Matt LeBlanc.
Getting emotional: Jennifer Aniston wiped away tears on Sunday during a televised tribute to legendary sitcom director James Burrows
Matthew Perry couldn't be there as he was preparing for his play in London but welcomed the others to the stage in a pre-recorded video.
'We would do anything for Jim Burrows because he really gave us the opportunity of a lifetime,' said Aniston who played Rachel Green on the hit show.
'We experienced friendship, family, heartbreak, babies, everything, together. And we also had a wonderful experience with the world loving us as well,' she added.
Sex contract: David Schwimmer was asked about a contract saying the cast wouldn't have sex with each other and joked that it was broken
Friends reunion: Lisa Kudrow, Schwimmer, Courteney Cox and Aniston gathered for a special tribute on Sunday for legendary television director James Burrows
Aniston fought back tears later in the broadcast as Burrows took to the stage to thank his colleagues and supporters.
The show was hosted by Bravo star Andy Cohen and featured more than 40 actors who were directed by Burrows on shows such as Taxi, Cheers, The Big Bang Theory, Frasier, Will & Grace and Mike & Molly.
Andy asked the Friends cast if they all signed contracts 'saying that you wouldn't sleep with each other?'
Magic touch: Burrows is shown with the cast of Friends minus Matthew Perry who couldn't make it
'David, say something,' Kudrow told her pal Schwimmer as an awkward silence ensued.
'Well, that was broken,' Schwimmer quipped as the audience started to rumble.
Kudrow said she was never asked to agree to such contract terms.
Good question: Andy Coehn posed the question about the sex contract
Andy also asked for an explanation of how their characters afforded their spacious New York City apartments.
Courteney said her character Monica Geller inherited the apartment from her grandmother.
'Rent control!,' barked LeBlanc who played Joey Tribbiani on the hit show.
Video message: Matthew Perry made an appearance in a pre-recorded video
Courteney also revealed that she, Aniston and Kudrow ate lunch together for 10 years while filming the show.
Kudrow said they were all well aware of Burrows' track record when they were cast in the show.
She said that Burrows assigned them to past actors he worked with and told Cox she was Mary Tyler Moore, LeBlanc was Tony Danza from Taxi, while Kudrow was Reverend Jim, played by Christopher Lloyd, also from Taxi.
Hit show: The cast of Taxi also took to the stage and were interviewed by Andy Cohen
LeBlanc told Cohen that Burrows had encouraged the case to 'get to know one another, and be kind to one another.'
Aniston added that it was Burrows who had got them all interested in playing poker with Kudrow saying he had given up his dressing room to play in.
Memory lane: Aniston said the co-stars really wanted to hang out with each other
Cohen asked the group about the bond they developed as actual friends on set.
'At the beginning it was not a hard thing, we really just wanted to hang out with each other, it was not ''Uggh we have to do this'' we just really fell in love and adored each other instantly and would hang out at each others houses and watch the show together,' said Aniston.
'We did, yeah the first year,' said Cox as LeBlanc said they would give each other notes and suggestions during the watch parties.
Famous faces: The Friends cast sat at a dinner table together
LeBlanc told him that his favorite Joey moment was the episode where Ross gets hit in the face with a hockey puck.
Cox then told Cohen that her favorite episode was 'The One With the Blackout' from the first season, where Ross is on the balcony with a cat clawing his back.
Schwimmer said Burrows told him to keep going with the cat on his back until he called cut 'but he never did.'
Cat on back: Schwimmer talked about the cat on his back during Cox's favorite episode
Aniston said that she loved the show's famed flashback episodes.
'I always loved when we would flashback to fat Monica and Rachel pre-nose job and Ross with his afro,' she said.
Aniston gushed about their 'papa' Burrows and said of him: 'He taught us everything we know about comedy.'
Friends for real: The Friends cast talked about being friends and supportive of each other on the show
Jane Lynch then interviewed the cast of Cheers.
Ted Danson told her that he knew nothing about baseball when he started on the show and James Burrows gave him some unique advice to play Sam Malone.
'He told me that perhaps if I reached down and rearranged myself periodically it would get me into that 'Jock feel' and I used to,' said Danson.
Bar comedy: The Cheers cast also assembled to pay tribute to Burrows
'I used to get some of the best close ups as I would do this at some of the most inappropriate times,' Danson revealed.
The gang from the Big Bang Theory then got in on the fun, with Jim Parsons reading out a note from Burrows that claimed they were his favorite cast to work with.
Sean Hayes then pulled out his own version of the card for 'Will & Grace.'
'You son of a b****,' said Parsons deadpan.
Wait a second: Jim Parsons, Sean Hayes and David Hyde Pierce got the same note from Burrows
Kelsey Grammer then got in on the action by telling an interviewer that a TV director was only as good as the actors he has to work with.
Grammer then claimed all of Burrows shows would have been better with him in it.
'Oh my God, Cher. Karen does anyone know I'm gay? Sean Hayes won an Emmy for that,' said Grammer doing his best impersonation of Jack from Will & Grace impression.
TV star: Kelsey Grammer showed his range with impressions of stars from other Burrows shows
'I'm much more believable as a gay guy than Sean Hayes is,' Grammer added.
Grammer then pulled off impressions of Joey from Friends, Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory and Reverend Jim from Taxi.
Bill Nye the Science Guy then talked to the cast from The Big Bang Theory.
Top comedy: The cast of The Big Bang Theory also joined in on the tribute
Science guy: Kaley Cuoco fielded a question as co-star Simon Helberg listened on
Nye asked them if they would be doing one more season of the show but admitted they would have to kill him if they told him.
'I wouldn't have to kill you, if I knew I would tell you, I don't know what is happening,' said Jim Parsons.
The cast of Taxi, including Danny DeVito and Christopher Lloyd, then paid tribute to Burrows.
Fondly remembered: The cast of Taxi fondly remembered the late Andy Kaufman
TV stars: Sean Hayes, Megan Mulally and Eric McCormack reminisced about Will & Grace
'We had a couple of great writers and we felt like a family with Jimmy, it was not like going to work it was a lot of fun,' said DeVito.
DeVito had Burrows and the audience in hysterics when he told him how you knew the director liked a joke.
'When he really liked a joke he would get up and pull on his..' said DeVito grabbing his crotch.
Spin-off series: Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce and Peri Gilpin of Frasier honoured Burrows
'He'd go like 'Wooooah' you all know that, you have all seen that right?', DeVito said.
Burrows recently reached the 1,000-episode mark as a director on the upcoming NBC series Crowded.
His television directing credits also include episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, Night Court and Wings.
Popular series: Danny DeVito showed how he knew when Burrows really liked a joke
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