Jennifer Aniston and Sandra Bullock reportedly would not have been friends if they had let Hollywood’s system get the better of them. In a cover story featuring Jennifer Aniston for Vanity Fair’s September issue,

"We were from that time in the business where no one wanted the ladies to be friends," recalled Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock says Hollywood once actively discouraged her from befriending other women in the industry, but her bond with Friends alum Jennifer Aniston was too strong to break. “We were from that time in the business where no one wanted the ladies to be friends—it was about pitting everyone against each other,