Kudrow: 'People still call me Phoebe'

Former Friends star Lisa Kudrow has admitted that people in the street still call her 'Phoebe' five years after the hit sitcom was taken off the air.

The actress, who played masseuse Phoebe Buffay from 1994 until 2004, told The Daily Telegraph that she had learned to cope with strangers associating her with the iconic show.

"People still do call me Phoebe and want to talk on the street. Friends is still on here in the US all the time," she explained.

"I try not to notice the attention when I'm out. I usually create some imaginary lines depending on where I am. And I don't look at the periphery, like blinkers. I can't help it. I have always been like that. It's like, 'I don't know those people!'"

Kudrow can next be seen opposite Vanessa Hudgens and Alyson Michalka in Bandslam, which is released everywhere on August 14.