When Harry Met Sally by Nora Ephron Page B

find her attractive?
    HARRY     Yeah.
    JESS     And you’re not sleeping with her?
    HARRY     No.
    JESS     You’re afraid to let yourself be happy.
    HARRY     Why can’t you give me credit for this? This is a big thing for me, I’ve never had a relationship with a woman that didn’t involve sex. I feel like I’m growing.
    One NINE-YEAR-OLD is waiting to use the batting cage and is watching Harry and Jess just stand there
.
    NINE-YEAR-OLD     Are you finished?
    HARRY     I got a whole stack of quarters and I was here first.
    NINE-YEAR-OLD     Were not.
    HARRY     Was too.
    NINE-YEAR-OLD     Were not.
    HARRY     Was too.
    NINE-YEAR-OLD     You jerk.
    HARRY     Creep.    
(back to Jess)
    Where was I?
    JESS     You were growing.
    HARRY     Yeah. It’s very freeing. I can say anything to her.
    JESS     Are you saying you can say things to her you can’t say to me?
    HARRY     No, it’s just different. It’s a whole different perspective. I get the woman’s point of view on things. She tells me about the men she goes out with and I can talk to her about the women I see.
    JESS     You tell her about other women?
    HARRY     Yeah. Like the other night I made love to this woman and it was so incredible, I took her to a place that wasn’t human. She actually meowed.
    JESS     You made a woman meow?
    HARRY     Yes. That’s the point. I can say these things to her. And the great thing is, I don’t have to lie because I’m not always thinking about how to get her into bed. I can just be myself.
    JESS     You made a woman meow?
    CUT TO :
    INT. CARNEGIE DELICATESSEN—DAY

Harry and Sally are seated at a table, waiting for their sandwiches
.
    SALLY     What do you do with these women? Do you just get up out of bed and leave?
    HARRY     Sure.
    SALLY     Well, explain to me how you do it. What do you say?
    A waiter brings their order
.
    HARRY     I say, I have an early meeting, an early haircut, an early squash game.
    SALLY     You don’t play squash.
    HARRY     They don’t know that. They just met me.
    SALLY     
(rearranging the meat on her sandwich)
    That’s disgusting.
    HARRY     I know. I feel terrible.
(takes a bite of sandwich)
    SALLY     You know, I am so glad I never got involved with you. I just would have ended up being some woman you had to get up out of bed and leave at three o’clock in the morning and go clean your andirons. And you don’t even have a fireplace.
(quite irritated now, slapping the meat over more quickly)
Not that I would know this.
    HARRY     Why are you getting so upset? This is not about you.
    SALLY     Yes, it is. You’re a human affront to all women. And I’m a woman.
(bites into sandwich)
    HARRY     Hey, I don’t feel great about this, but I don’t hear anyone complaining.
    SALLY     Of course not. You’re out the door too fast.
    HARRY     I think they have an okay time.
    SALLY     How do you know?
    HARRY     What do you mean, how do I know? I know.
    SALLY     Because they …?    
(she makes a gesture with her hands)
    HARRY     Yes, because they …    
(he makes the same gesture back)
    SALLY     How do you know they’re really …
(she makes the same gesture)
    HARRY     What are you saying, they fake orgasm?
    SALLY     It’s possible.
    HARRY     Get outta here.
    SALLY     Why? Most women, at one