On-screen, they hate each other, but when the cameras stop rolling DAYS OF OUR LIVESs Arianne Zuker and Julianne Morris are the best of pals.

Digest: What were your first impressions of each other?
Julianne Morris (Greta): Hated her [laughs]. No, Im kidding. When I came on the show, she was on for a while, so I was meeting a million different people
Arianne Zuker (Nicole): It took us a while.
Morris: It took a while for us to even run into each other, I think. I dont even remember.
Zuker: I dont, either.
Morris: I remember we started hanging outI think you invited me to a party.
Zuker: Yes, a barbecue. Thats right. I didnt know you that well. Thats how we met. I think we liked each other because I invited her and she came [laughs].

Digest: Did you think youd make friends at work?
Morris: I was hoping.
Zuker: I was definitely hoping wed become friends.
Morris: I came from YOUNG AND RESTLESS, where we had a little foursome and we were just inseparable. We hung out all the time, so when I came to DAYS, I wanted that nurturing. My storyline on Y&R threw me into that situation, whereas my storyline as Swamp Girl didnt really give me the opportunity to make friends. People would see me in the hallway and run [laughs]. There was this freak on the show, get her out of here!
Zuker: I felt really bad for her.
Morris: Ari and I are the closest [of] anybody on the show. We have a lot in common.

Digest: Is there anyone else you hang out with?
Morris: Ali Sweeney [Sami].
Zuker: Sweeney! I cant help it, I love that last name, Lisa [Marsden, ex-Ali], shes not on the show anymore, but we became really great friends. Christie Clark [ex-Carrie], shes gone, too. Theyre all gone.
Morris: Matt Cedenos [Brandon] starting to come out.
Zuker: Its a very fun show to work on. A very friendly show. You feel like youre a part of a family, and you dont feel like youre on the outer rim.
Morris: On Y&R, I never felt like I quite fit in never felt like a part of a family. On DAYS, immediately I felt it.

Digest: What is it like to be friends in the same storyline?
Zuker: Its so fun. At first, I felt so bad because were friends. Of course, its work, but I was like, If Im mean to her today, shes going to be mad at me. Even though its so not true, it was uncomfortable at first because we were friends. Now its easier because
Morris: We laugh about it.
Zuker: It was nice because you, Jensen [Ackles, ex-Eric] and I are good friends, so it was funny, fighting over him.

Digest: Do you ever worry that youll have a fight thatll spill over into the job?
Morris: No, not really.
Zuker: I think Julianne and I work things out. If Im in a bad mood and shes in a baad mood, its like, Oh, my God, what did I do? Its all about communicating, which is something Id do and vice versa. I hope we would talk about it.
Morris: We would.
Zuker: That happens between friends all the time, and I guess anybody could understand that. Sometimes, there are things I do that I didnt realize and shell tell me, and Ill be like, Wow, I put my foot in my mouth. Sorry. Thats what friendship is all about.

Digest: Julianne, what do you think people would be surprised to know about Ari?
Zuker: Oh, no.
Morris: Nicoles very ambitious, but Aris very ambitious, too. She would love to ride horses in the Olympics; I think thats very commendable. She has a very succesful career in acting, and shes gonna make tons of money doing it for the rest of her life, but she set a huge goal and shes working toward it.

Digest: Ari?
Zuker: What was that question? She loves to shop; her goal is making it to Gucci every day. Need I say more [laughs]? Lets see. She knows how to change oil in a car [laughs]. I dont think we see quite as much in Greta as we see in Julianne, which is her incredible personality and her righteousness and her strengths and her kindness. Shes extremely intelligent, and Ive learned so much from her. I have a different outlook on life because of her.
Morris: you know that because I tell you that all the time [laughs]! Aris very sweet that way. She has come to me many times and said things that she likes about me and how I had an effect on her life. A lot of girls would like to bring other girls down, whatevers good about the other girls, suppress it, and Aris not that way. Shell find the good qualities in someone and lift them up. And shes done that a lot with me. It made me feel very good about myself.

Digest: What quality would you take from each other?
Zuker: The way Julianne handles men [laughs]. Its fantastic, let me tell you I dont know how or what it is, but I need it. Im learning from you! Realistically, I thinkJuliannes very classy. I could fake classy, but Im not really.
Morris: That is not true! Her ambition inspires me all the time: I can become very complacent and very happy where Im at, and Ari kind of spurs me on and makes me feel like I want to do more. Thats just an incredibly quality to have.
Zuker: When are we getting married [laughs]?

Digest: Who else would you play on the show?
Morris: Who would you do, Ari?
Zuker: John Black!
Morris: GoshStefano is a fun character.
Zuker: Or Rolf [Does Rolf accent:] What are you talking about, Stefano [laughs]? There you go, Julianne can play Stefano, and I can be Rolf.
Morris: Or you can be John Black. Id be the bad one and you can be the good one, and wed both be males.

Digest: What storyline would you want to have together?
Morris: We could be Hope and Lexie buddies.
Zuker: This girl power its almost like a supercouple. Its friendship with women you dont see a lot on soap operas, a friendship like that.
Morris: There arent many that stand out. No non-teenagers. Teenagers automatically are bonded together. Thats whats missing.
Zuker: It would be nice to see that on soaps, like on SEX AND THE CITY, where the four girls are there for one another and theres a lot of drama.
Morris: Greta is like Charlotte and you are like Samantha, but theyre still friends.
Zuker: That would be good.