A scene from When Harry Met Sally 1989
Harry

You realize of course that we could never be friends.

Sally

Why not?

Harry

What I'm saying is — and this is not a come-on in any way, shape or form — is that men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way.

Sally

That's not true. I have a number of men friends and there is no sex involved.

Harry

No you don't.

Sally

Yes I do.

Harry

No you don't.

Sally

Yes I do.

Harry

You only think you do.

Sally

You say I'm having sex with these men without my knowledge?

Harry

No, what I'm saying is they all want to have sex with you.

Sally

They do not.

Harry

Do too.

Sally

They do not.

Harry

Do too.

Sally

How do you know?

Harry

Because no man can be friends with a woman that he finds attractive. He always wants to have sex with her.

Sally

So you're saying that a man can be friends with a woman he finds unattractive?

Harry

No, you pretty much want to nail 'em too.

Sally

What if they don't want to have sex with you?

Harry

Doesn't matter because the sex thing is already out there so the friendship is ultimately doomed and that is the end of the story.

Sally

Well, I guess we're not going to be friends then.

Harry

Guess not.

Sally

That's too bad. You were the only person that I knew in New York.

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