Jennifer Aniston Stepping Behind The Camera To Direct New Film

Jennifer Aniston is putting on her director's cap for a new project with Lifetime Television.

As part of the channel's Project Five series, a five-part anthology about breast cancer, Aniston will helm a short film along with Demi Moore, Alicia Keys and Monster director Patty Jenkins.

“Our hope with Project Five is to entertain, inform and inspire dialogue, research and prevention. Otherwise, our goals are small,” Aniston said in a statement. “We want these films to move people and empower those affected by breast cancer to stand tall through this challenge, which impacts all of our lives, no matter who we are.”

Although it's impossible not to draw comparisons with Angelina Jolie, who's releasing her directing debut, Untitled Bosnian Love Story, later this year -- this is not the first time Jen has directed. In 2006, she made her directing debut with a short film called Room 10 as part of Glamour magazine's "Reel Moments."

But despite her disappointing box office run, will Aniston be giving up her acting career to direct?

Read what she's had to say about it after the jump!