John Mahoney: Jack
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Jack : Everyone can't be straight. Everyone can't be beautiful. Everyone can't be the same, Patrick. Some people are just gay and average. We're the strongest I think.
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Jack : Sometimes I wonder what you boys would do if you weren't gay. You'd have no identity. It was easy when you couldn't talk about it. Now it's all you talk about. You talk about it so much that you forget about all the other things that you are.
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Patrick : When I watch them, it feels so strange. It's like I'm not even a part of it. They're all so much more attractive than I am.
Jack : Patrick...
Patrick : No. You know what? I don't mind. Really, I don't. I kind of like being attractive by association. It's the closest I've ever gotten to feeling beautiful.
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Jack : [deleted scene] When I was exactly the age you are now, I was married.
Kevin : To a man?
Jack : No! To a woman.
Kevin : Really?
Jack : Yeah. Married for three years. And here's the clincher: I was pretty happy.
Kevin : Okay, I don't get it. Didn't you know?
Jack : Did you?
Kevin : So what happened?
Jack : Oh, I met a man. And, despite all my efforts, he slowly made me realize that love wasn't just being comfortable with someone. Or friendly. It's the making your palms sweat and your heart beat faster than you ever knew it could before. And I confessed my predicament to my wife; she was thankfully, eternally understanding.
Kevin : But if you were happy...
Jack : No no no no. I said "pretty happy," kid.
[a beat]
Jack : See, what you're too young to realize is that there's a world of difference between "pretty happy," and "happy."
