I've got some great guy friends. They can start out as crushes. But when you realize something isn't going to happen, you make a choice whether or not the friendship is worth it. And it usually is. Then you can laugh about the fact that you used to have a crush on him or he had one on you.

A couple of years later Cox signed a deal with ABC Studios (formerly Touchstone Television) to star in her own series. but did not complete her architecture course opting instead to pursue a career in modeling and acting. Her early film roles include Masters of the Universe (1987) and Cocoon: The Return (1988).

Cox has also worked as a director on her sitcom Cougar Town and the television movie Talhotblond. She is best known for her roles as Monica Geller on the NBC sitcom Friends Gale Weathers in the horror series Scream and as Jules Cobb in the ABC/TBS sitcom Cougar Town for which Courteney Cox earned her first Golden Globe nomination.