When my time comes,
I want to be buried at sea.
When my time comes,
I want to be buried at sea.
I would describe Jack Geller as being a
prototypical kind of a father and husband
to Judy and to the brother and the sister,
David Schwimmer and Courteney Cox.
Very caring. Dense. Not terribly bright,
but rather well-meaning and pretty funny.
I liked when I heard that Phoebe had a crush on me.
- I mean it used to be just,
you know, Jack Geller, Monica and Ross' dad.
And now, he's ... he's Jack Geller, dream hunk.
I thought that was so funny because Jack Geller
is ... no matter how he acts
or behaves is pretty inhibited.
Who wouldn't be married to Christina Pickles,
who plays Judy, my wife. She's really funny.
Oh, our little Harmonica.
I didn't get it at first.
- And I read about these women trying to
have it all and I thank God our little Harmonica
doesn't seem to have that problem.
I mean 'cause of course this is
the creation of Marta and Kevin and David,
and I just would be playing Jack, the father.
But our little Harmonica. Sometimes I think,
"Oh, if I had understood the character!" Although
I don't think Jack Geller ever understands himself.
And I think that Judy tells him who he is
and what to do, as well as the kids.
That's what's one of the funny things about
being a parent in this group of people.
Our little Harmonica. Yeah, that's funny.
- I'm just saying!
- Oh, he had to explain himself.
Yeah, but I don't think anybody understood Jack.
And I certainly didn't understand me.
So how could I understand Jack, other than
whatever Marta and the fellas told me to do.
But I got in trouble once, and I think it's
the only time I got in trouble. It was when
we had the wedding in London, and I gave it away,
the cliffhanger, that Rachel was there.
- And Ross, repeat after me. I, Ross...
- I, Ross...
- Take thee, Emily.
- Take thee, Rachel.
- Oh, they were really angry at me.
And I thought, "We are so successful, what are
you being angry at me for?"
You know what I mean? I just made a mistake.
I'm only human. I'm not perfect.
I'm playing... I'm your Jack Geller.
Oh, fans! I was in Ireland and young people,
really young people, were running after me.
I had no idea that people
would remember, or be able to accept me
or respond to me as being this character,
the father of Monica and Ross.
So that's pretty great.
Taylor Swift introduced herself to me at
the 40th anniversary of "Saturday Night Live,"
of which I had done quite a few.
I hosted quite a few of them. And she said,
"I know you! I'm a 'Friends' freak!"
She said, "You're Mr. Geller!"
And then she said,
"And your grandson and granddaughter can come up
and play with me on stage when I do a concert."
'Cause Henry and Daisy are musicians.
Also I loved working with everyone. And when I was
working with Brad Pitt, and Brad was married to Jennifer,
that was fun because we would sit together and talk.
And everyone, Matthew, the whole group,
just everyone and everybody in the crew.
And also some great actors, the great
Gary Oldman when he was on the show.
- I'm doing my scenes with you?
- Nice to meet you, Joey.
- Wow, I can't believe this! This is incredible!
I mean, you just won an Oscar!
- I mean we got along great!
It's so identifiable. And it's not just that
generation of people, it's this generation of people.
And the age my granddaughter is now: 15.
And that touches me and moves me, that she
and her friends like to watch it.
It's extremely pertinent as to the kind of awkwardness
and how people are in the pursuit of relationships
in a world that can be as difficult and demanding
and unreasonable as the world is.
And then to have these characters, and that people of
this generation... And I don't just mean my generation,
I mean of any generation, can identify with it.
What we have to identify with is great, and even
the concept of "Friends,"
it's so wonderful to be friends.