Mumbai, Dec 30 (TIWN) Actress Lisa Kudrow, who gained global fame playing Phoebe Buffay in the popular sitcom Friends, says it has been great playing a dumb person because people talk much more freely when they assume you don't understand them.

"It's been great playing a dumb person because people talk much more freely when they assume you don't understand them. It's like driving kids to school - hey think you're just the back of a head so they say everything, not knowing that you're listening to every word," Lisa said, reports femalefirst.co.uk.