Courtney Cox isn’t as famous as her BFF Jennifer Aniston, but she is managing to hold her own. Courtney sat down with fabulous UK reporter Elaine Lipworth to discuss her career, motherhood, marriage and yes, her BFF. Here are a few of the highlights from that interview if you care to indulge.

ON LIFE WITH A CHILD:

I can’t imagine life without a child; I don’t even remember what it was like four years ago. Coco is everything to me. We did a lot of in-vitro fertilization, and it was tough. But we’d waited a few years before trying, and in retrospect I would say: don’t wait as long as I did, especially if you want more than one child.

ON MARRIAGE:

I get shocked by people getting divorced all the time, that’s why I choose to work on it. Therapy helps us. It’s so easy to grow apart; marriage takes work. I suppose you can work it out by talking to each other – I would just prefer to have a referee, it reminds us why we’re together.

ON PLASTIC SURGERY:

I’ve done Botox and there were times when I thought, “That was nice”, but I had one bad experience when I wasn’t able to move my face for two or three months.

Will she do it again? I don’t know. I’m sure I’ll be tempted when I get older, but you see too many people who look really strange.

ON BEING “MONICA”:

I wouldn’t be sitting in this office if it wasn’t for Friends. It’s given me opportunities I would never have had and freedom financially.

ON HER BFF JENNIFER ANISTON:

We’ve known each other nearly 15 years now, we grew up together emotionally. I lost my father, Jen got divorced, and I had a baby. We’ve been through huge life changes together. I can be myself around her. We never judge each other, we support each other, but we’re honest with each other too. I feel lucky to have her. I want for Jen whatever she wants; she’s really happy at the moment, so I don’t have to worry about her.

ON HER DREAMS FOR 2009:

I’d love to work with Morgan Freeman and Meryl Streep. And I’d love to direct more.’ (She has already directed her friend Laura Dern in a short film.) ‘And I’d like another child, and maybe if it doesn’t work, I’ll adopt.

Now that Courtney’s “Dirt” has been swept under the rug, Ms. Cox-Arquette is taking a second shot at sitcom success.

Courtney’s new role? A cougar in “Cougar Town”.

ABC has ordered a comedy pilot in which the former “Friends” star will play an attractive newly single 40-year-old mom with a 17-year-old son. It comes from “Scrubs” creator Bill Lawrence.

Mr. Lawrence thought Courtney would be PURRRRfect for the role because she is “comedically fearless”.

Well, when your career is hanging by a thread, sometimes you have to take some risks that may involve kissing your best friend on national television.

In all sincerity, I do hope this one works out for Courtney. Production will start sometime in January of 2009.

WHA???????

I never understood why actors and actresses indulged in injecting Botoxing their faces. Okay, I lied. I know that they want to look all youthful and shit, but seriously, don’t you have to have facial expressions to be a good actor? Unless you are playing a role as Joan Rivers, you might as well forget facial expressions and receiving an Oscar or Emmy.

Courtney Cox admits to having the injections and opened up to Marie Claire about her experience with the “face freezer”.

“Botox — I think it’s fantastic and also horrible. I mean, they’ve come up with this stuff that can make you not look angry. But you have to use it sparingly. I went to this doctor once, and he was like, ‘Oh, let me do it just here and here and here.’ And I was miserable. I mean, I’m an actor, I’ve got to be able to move my face. When people start messing with their foreheads and can’t lift their eyebrows, that’s weird. It’s not that I haven’t tried Botox, but I hated it,” she said.

Wow, never in my life did I think I would hear of a celebrity dissing the injections that turn you into a bat face. Good for her. The aging process isn’t that bad, bitches!

Courtney Cox-Arquette and her hubby David spent some time out at the “A Time for Heroes” Celebrity Carnival, benefiting the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. When asked about her FX series, “Dirt”, Courtney revealed that there will be no more “Dirt”. So, it got cancelled. Surprised? Me, not really.

The only thing that could have saved that show was the kiss between Cox and special guest Jennifer Aniston. And, well…apparently, it didn’t.

Let’s hope David has something else in mind for the couple, otherwise it might be ramen noodles and Wonderbread for the Arquettes!