Will & Grace (TV Series)

Pilot (1998)

Sean Hayes: Jack McFarland

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Quotes 

• Jack : For your information, most people who meet me do not know that I am gay.

  Will : Jack, blind and deaf people know you're gay. Dead people know you're gay.

  Jack : Grace, when you first met me, did you know I was gay?

  Grace : My dog knew.

• Jack McFarland : Okay first of all, Will should only be so lucky okay, so let's just clear that right up. Second of all, you don't even know me that well, why would you just assume that I was gay?

  [Will and the other laugh] 

  Jack McFarland : Are you finished? Okay FYI folks, most people that meet me do not know that I am gay.

  Will Truman : Jack, blind and deaf people know you're gay. Dead people know you're gay!

• Jack McFarland : Ah-ha ha ha. Look, Guapo, he made a funny. Shut up, Will! I just schlepped all the way over here from the East Side, and you know how much Guapo hates riding in taxis!

  Will Truman : Ok. Ok. Take it easy, Jack. You sound just like your mother.

  Jack McFarland : Crossing the line! Ok, you nasty, bitter, lonely, balding man. I don't need this crap from you, Will. You know what? I just don't need it...

• Will Truman : What's in the hat box? Your tiara?

  Jack McFarland : Look, Guapo, he made a funny! Shut up, Will!

• Will Truman : [Knock at Door]  Oh, no.

  Jack McFarland : Hi, honey, I'm home. Oh, are we entertaining?

  [to Rob and Ellen] 

  Jack McFarland : Welcome!

  Will Truman : Jack, I meant to call you, but I...

  Jack McFarland : Don't even - !

  Grace Adler : Wait, wait. I can stay at Rob and Ellen's tonight.

  Jack McFarland : No, you can't, Grace, because, apparently, you matter. How about that?

• Rob : [to Will]  You didn't tell me Jack was moving in with you.

  Will Truman : Not moving in. He's just staying with me till his apartment's finished.

  Jurgen Franzblau : [Humming]  Hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm.

  Jack McFarland : Oh, I know that one! I know - Uh,

  [singing] 

  Jack McFarland : Did he need a stronger hand...

  Will Truman : Yeah. Jack. He's not humming your intro, ok? That's just a straight guy's way of thinking that you and I could ever be a couple.

• Jack McFarland : You always tell me what you think about the men that I date.

  Will Truman : I'm talking about marriage, not Rudy the Jewish cowboy you met on the internet.

  Jack McFarland : Shalom, my lonesom prairie dog.

• Jack McFarland : Grace, did you know I was gay when you met me?

  Grace Adler : My dog knew.