Before announcing her infertility struggles, Jennifer Aniston was candid about her potential plans to become a mother. Aniston opened up about societal pressures to have kids during a 2016 interview on ITV. "If we don't have a baby or a white picket fence or a husband, then we're useless," she said. "We aren't living up to our purpose." In 2022, Aniston revealed that she had quietly attempted to have children for years. "All the years and years and years of speculation ... It was really hard," the Friends actress admitted in an interview with Allure. "I was going through IVF, drinking Chinese teas, you name it. I was throwing everything at it. I would've given anything if someone had said to me, 'Freeze your eggs. Do yourself a favor.' You just don't think it. So here I am today. The ship has sailed." Scroll down for Aniston's most candid quotes about starting a family: