影片的定名过程几经周折,艾芙隆本想取名为“How
They
Met”,之后又多次更改,为了得到理想的片名,导演莱纳甚至在拍摄期间鼓励剧组展开竞赛,胜出者的奖品是一箱香槟。剧本原定结局是哈利和莎莉继续保持朋友关系,并没发展成恋人,因为艾芙隆认为这样的结局才真实,可经过反复商榷,莱纳和艾芙隆最终决定让二人喜结良缘,不过两位主创承认这种结局并不现实。
Harry Burns: I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love
that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a
little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love
that after I spend the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my
clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go
to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's
New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend
the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as
soon as
possible.
哈利:“我爱你在71度时还会发冷,我爱你用一个半小时点份三明治,我爱你噤起鼻子看着我就像我是个傻子,我爱与你共度一天之后衣服上还留有你的芬芳,我爱你是我晚上睡前希望交谈的最后一个人。我今晚来这不是因为寂寞,也不是因为正值新年前夕,而是因为当你意识到自己想与某人共度余生时就希望尽快开始。”