Jennifer Aniston Asked NBC for a New Washer and Dryer After ‘Friends’ Success

Jennifer Aniston is recalling a time she was gifted a washer and dryer from NBC following her success on Friends. 

The Morning Show star, 56, resurfaced the funny memory of when she asked NBC’s Warren Littlefield for the home appliances on the Monday, Oct. 20 episode of the Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard podcast. 

After remembering one of her first encounters with Littlefield — who was the president of NBC Entertainment when Friends premiered in 1994 — she explained how another meeting between them led to her asking for the appliances.

“Another time I said, ‘Will you please give me a washer and dryer?’ And he wrote that down on a napkin,” Aniston tells hosts Dax Shepard and Monica Padman. 

A slightly shocked Shepard then questions the actress, “As part of your negotiation?”

Aniston explains that she made the ask in the midst of her Friends success after hearing about other actors getting “elaborate” gifts for their work. 

“I just kept hearing that all these actors were getting cars and getting these things once they got hired. And Friends had happened and we were, I don’t know, at the upfronts for something.” 

Shepard notes, “You wanted a congratulatory washer and dryer.”

Aniston — who starred as Rachel Green on the hit NBC sitcom for all ten seasons from 1994 to 2004 — then explained herself further. 

“I was like, ‘Why? Where’s my… Why do [these actors] get these treats for shows and stuff?’ And I said, ‘treats!’”

Shepard chimes in, “Actor treats.”

“Actor treats,” Aniston echos. “These elaborate, very expensive gifts. And [Littlefield] was like, ‘Well, what do you want?’ And I was like, ‘Really?’ And he’s like, ‘Yeah.’ And I couldn’t think of anything. I was like, ‘I need a washer and a dryer.’” 

After Shepard asks, “Did he deliver?” she confirms Littlefield did in fact fulfill her request.

The actress caught up with PEOPLE this month and opened up about how she’s gotten better at managing a good work-life balance after more than 30 years since she broke out on the small screen as Rachel Green — with her career soaring ever since. 

“This is another thing that I’ve gotten really good at in the last couple of years, is carving out time,” Aniston told PEOPLE. “Just saying to the team, ‘The month of blanky blank is off.’ We’re not going to do anything for whatever happens to be the month that would work that year.”

As soon as she finds the right time, she tells her team, “‘I’m going to take off. I’m going to have a vacation. There’s going to be no work.’ And you just kind of have to put it on your calendar.”

Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. 

She also explained why setting aside time for rest and relaxation has become a main priority for her. 

“I think it’s so important because, if we’re running on fumes because we are working too hard and not giving ourselves the opportunity to refuel our bodies mentally and physically, we’re useless,” she said. “We’re cranky, we’re fatigued, we’re under-slept. I think that the importance of that [rest] and recharge is imperative.”