What's It Like to Be Jennifer Aniston?

Jan. 15 -- She's been beguiling America for 10 years. Jennifer Aniston is the fresh-faced woman every woman in America wants to be, and every man in America hopes will move in next door.

Yet in less than 24 hours, Friends, the show that brought her and a little group of unknown actors from Stage 5 at Warner Brothers to that 1-in-a-million chance at superstardom, is set to tape its last episode. It will be broadcast in March.

With so many moments to remember before the lights go dark, Aniston spoke to ABCNEWS' Diane Sawyer about what has happened so far — as well as what's to come, like her upcoming movie, Along Came Polly, in which she plays an eccentric free-spirit who loosens up a straitlaced Ben Stiller.

Among the most pressing questions Aniston faces these days concerns the fate of her eccentric, high-strung alter ego Rachel — and what will happen to her relationship with fellow Friend Ross, played by David Schwimmer.

At the time of the interview, Aniston insisted she didn't know, but noted that the show's writers have always kept things interesting. "One of the things I'm going to miss is running out to my mailbox — grabbing my script and seeing what happens."

As for what would happen the morning after the show ends, Aniston says she hasn't thought about it. "I'm just hoping I'll get through the night!" she told Sawyer.

Family Ties

Sawyer interviewed Aniston at a hotel suite overlooking all of her hometown Manhattan landmarks, like the building where she went to school, the restaurant where she waitressed, and her home at 92nd and Columbus.

In the early years, it was filled with laughter, she says, surrounded by her father, Greek-born actor John Aniston; her mother, Nancy, a former model; and half brother, Johnny.

She treasures the memory of the poker parties her dad held with his actor friends. "[They] would come and sing songs around the piano and play charades and they were just funny," she said.