Jennifer Aniston doesn’t feel the need to have a baby or get married in order to prove her “value as a woman.”
The 45-year-old actress, who will next be seen opposite Tim Robbins and Will Forte in comedy “Life of Crime,” talked to Carson Daly on NBC’s “Today” and opened up about the “constant pressure” our society places on women to procreate.
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“I don’t have this, sort of, checklist of things that have to be done, and if they’re not checked then I’ve failed some part of my feminism or me being a woman. Or my worth or my value as a woman because I haven’t birthed a child,” Aniston said during the interview (above) that aired Wednesday. “I’ve birthed a lot of things, and I feel like I’ve mothered many things. And I don’t think that it’s fair to put that pressure on people.”
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Aniston also talked about her personal evolution since she rose to stardom as Rachel on popular NBC sitcom “Friends.”
“I feel like I’ve grown up three times,” Aniston said. “I have had an incredible evolution. I keep seeing these little lifetimes that I’ve lived, and they’re all so wonderful.”
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“They all served me so well. All of the fears that I’ve overcome, challenges that you face,” Aniston continued. “I feel very grateful to my evolution and my history, and all involved. I would never exchange it for anything.”
“Life of Crime,” an adaptation of an Elmore Leonard novel, hits theaters on Friday.