'I had a good sense about Friends:' James Burrows commented first impressions of the cast
The director reflects on his time with the iconic cast in his upcoming memoir 'Directed by James Burrows.'
Prolific Friends director James Burrows has some insights on the stars of the beloved comedy in the era before they became household names.
the 10-time Emmy winner, Burrows, 81, was brought in to direct the pilot of David Crane and Marta Kauffman's sitcom Six of One, which would become the Must-See TV hit.
"I had a good sense about Friends and knew two things immediately: one, I didn't have time to direct it, and two, I had to direct it. It became the last pilot shot that year," he wrote.
"I fell in love with these six kids on the page immediately. Ninety-five percent of the original pilot script made it to air," he continued, according to PEOPLE.
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