In an interview with Lynn Hirschberg of the International Herald Tribune, Jennifer Aniston speaks about her father, DAYS OF OUR LIVES star John Aniston (Victor Kiriakis).Q: Your father, John, was an actor on television when you were a kid.
A: No — when I was a kid, he was selling vacuum cleaners door to door because he wasn't making any money as an actor. But my godfather, Telly Savalas, would give my father a job here and there, like on KOJAK. My dad was also friends with Marlo Thomas, so he had a part on THAT GIRL. That's why it was so great when Marlo played my mom on FRIENDS.
Q: Did you ever watch your father on TV?
A: I went to the Rudolf Steiner School in New York, and you're not allowed to watch TV. But I saw my dad on "That Girl" when I was home sick one day. I wanted to tell my mom, but I had to keep it to myself.
Q: When did you first appear on a screen?
A: My dad became a soap opera actor, and I was an extra in a skating rink scene on the soap. I didn't audition. It was nepotism all the way.
Q: Do you find TV-screen fame different from movie-screen fame?
A: TV fame is weird because you're in the audience's home. With film, they feel they can't touch you. But there's an intimacy to television. And it's especially powerful with soap operas. My dad is a villain, Victor Kiriakis, on "Days of Our Lives." He has had women come up to him to tell him a thing or two about a thing or two.
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