Jennifer Aniston has gained more respect for journalists after starring in The Morning Show

Speaking to People, Jennifer said: "I have the utmost respect for journalists. I mean, I always have - but even more so now.

"Especially morning anchors. It's a grind."

The Friends star believes that there are similarities between herself and her alter ego in the show - which returned to screens for a fourth season last month.

Aniston said: "Oh my goodness. Well, there's definitely some mirroring going on.

"I think Alex is a lot more expressive and verbal than I am. There's a little bit of - you get that out of your system, in the best way.

"I love playing her."

Jennifer previously detailed how The Morning Show, which also features Reese Witherspoon and Billy Crudup in the cast, is a "beast" to make.

The star, who serves as an ex ecutive producer on the series, said: "We're involved in every single aspect of the show, on top of just the performance side, which is a big piece of it. But I've got incredible support, and we have such an incredible team."

Aniston continued: "The Morning Show is just a beast to film. It is layered, it's complicated, it's emotional, it hits on a lot of topics and current events, so let's just say, it's not Friends."

The Marley and Me star has also compared working on the show to "what childbirth must be like".

She told Glamour magazine: "Every year since I finished the first season, I was like, well, that it's - I'm dead, that just killed me.

"I kind of compare it to what childbirth must be like when my friends are like, 'You just kind of forget what it was, and then next thing you know you're knocked up again.'"

Jennifer explains that she tries to take a break from The Morning Show whenever a season wraps rather than immediately dismissing the idea of working on another.

She said: "I do feel there's something extraordinary about finishing a season and not saying those words of, 'I'm done.'

"And just knowing that you've got to decompress and walk away from it for a while, and in my case, go do a comedy as fast as possible."