Jennifer Aniston in The Hollywood Reporter January 2015
Is This Jennifer Aniston's Most Candid Interview Yet?
![On her need for control: "I'm a control freak. I like to be in charge of everything. My life was so out of control growing up, it's very important today for it to be in control. I have to bite my tongue sometimes if I'm on a movie, when I think I can figure out how to make this problem that they're having go smoothly."
On learning to express anger: "I always thought, if you're angry you just don't say anything. I would come out passive, things would come out passively. But it doesn't have to be black or white. You don't have to be a hysterical human being and have veins popping out of your neck and turn bright red and terrify people — or else keep quiet and put your head in the sand. I used to loathe confrontation. Loathe it. It was absolute. I never understood anger, but I didn't know that you should express it. Which has been something I've really tried to work on."
On meditating: "I'm on a really good personal strict regime. These days, I've been [doing it] every day. I have a little place at home, and I do it for about 20 minutes, at different times, usually right after a cup of coffee and right before the chaos starts."
On wanting to meet the Dalai Lama: "I'd love to meet him. From the things I've read about him, books and lectures, he seems like pure joy. Pure, pure, pure enlightenment."](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/ps-image-unavailable.png "On her need for control: \"I'm a control freak. I like to be in charge of everything. My life was so out of control growing up, it's very important today for it to be in control. I have to bite my tongue sometimes if I'm on a movie, when I think I can figure out how to make this problem that they're having go smoothly.\"
On learning to express anger: \"I always thought, if you're angry you just don't say anything. I would come out passive, things would come out passively. But it doesn't have to be black or white. You don't have to be a hysterical human being and have veins popping out of your neck and turn bright red and terrify people — or else keep quiet and put your head in the sand. I used to loathe confrontation. Loathe it. It was absolute. I never understood anger, but I didn't know that you should express it. Which has been something I've really tried to work on.\"
On meditating: \"I'm on a really good personal strict regime. These days, I've been [doing it] every day. I have a little place at home, and I do it for about 20 minutes, at different times, usually right after a cup of coffee and right before the chaos starts.\"
On wanting to meet the Dalai Lama: \"I'd love to meet him. From the things I've read about him, books and lectures, he seems like pure joy. Pure, pure, pure enlightenment.\"")
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