Wish I could send my younger self to therapy: Jennifer Aniston opens up about turmoil of her thirties

 
Love yourself: Jennifer Aniston has opened up about the turmoil of her thirties
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Jennifer Aniston has opened up about her tumultuous thirties, saying she wishes she could help her younger self deal with "all the s**t".

Aniston, 44, in an interview with Jason Sudeikis, her co-star in film We're The Millers, admitted she wished she could go back in time.

Happiness is a choice: Aniston in a breezy summer dress on the set of her new movie Squirrels to the Nuts in New York
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She said: "Thirties. Go to therapy. Clean up all of the s**t. Clean up all of the toxins and the noise. Understand who you are. Educate yourself on the self.

"You can undo a lot of things. If you're not happy, you can become happy. Happiness is a choice. That's the thing I really feel. Like with friends who refuse to get happy, who refuse to rise above the discomfort of where they're at."

Aniston, whose first marriage to Brad Pitt ended in 2005, is now engaged to Justin Theroux, and paid tribute to her fiancé's "amazing paternal instincts" in the interview in Glamour magazine.

Aniston dismissed rumours about her marriage to Justin Theroux
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And donned a short dark wig to play her character in Squirrels For The Nuts
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Praising her partner's love of children and his nurturing side, she said: "Justin... has extremely amazing paternal instincts. Because [growing up] he had to sort of become the parent. I think when you have to become the parent when you're a younger person, you learn those instincts."

She said: "You actually deserve to have a family. And once you meet yourself, and truly love yourself, then you attract that. And look - I mean, the two of us have found these two, beautiful, loving, open people."

Cool blue: Aniston wore a short dress and denim jacket on the set of her new film
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Earlier Aniston dismissed rumors surrounding her upcoming wedding to Theroux.

She said: "We just want to do it when it's perfect, and we're not rushed, and no one is rushing from a job or rushing to a job.

"And, you know, we already feel married," she added.

No rush: Jennifer Aniston earlier this month dismissed rumours about her marriage to Justin
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Aniston and Theroux, 41, began dating more than two years ago and got engaged on his birthday last August. Since then, their indefinite plans have led to speculation ranging from a broken engagement to Theroux getting cold feet.

Not true, says Aniston. "We have yet to set any dates. There have been no cancelled weddings. There have been no postponed weddings. There have been no arguments about where to get married. Just clearing all that up," she said.

We're The Millers is released next month.

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