Practical Magic (1998)

Aidan Quinn: Gary Hallet

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• Gary Hallet : Curses only have power when you believe them. And I don't.

  [walks away, pauses then turns to Sally] 

  Gary Hallet : You know what? I wished for you too.

• Gary Hallet : Did you or your sister kill James Angelov?

  Sally Owens : Yeah, a couple of times.

• Gary Hallet : You're saying what I'm feeling is just one of your spells?

  Sally Owens : Yeah. It's not real. And if you stay, I wouldn't know if it was because of the spell and... you wouldn't know if it was because I didn't want to go to prison.

  Gary Hallet : Yeah, well... you know, all relationships have problems.

• Gary Hallet : What was that, Sally? That was him, wasn't it? Is he gone or what?

  Sally Owens : Yes, you killed his spirit, but I know I took his life. I'll tell you all need to know. I'll tell you how I did it, where I buried him, what I did it with. I'll tell you how...

  Gary Hallet : Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on just a goddamn second, all right? One step at a time. I took on oath to uphold the law. I came here to bring in the bad guy because generally that's what I do. You asked me how many times I read your letter. I must've read it about a thousand times. I know now, it was your letter anything else that brought me here. It was you. And I'm all mixed-up about that.

• Gary Hallet : So what kind of, uh... craft do you do?

  Sally Owens : I manufacture bath oils and soaps... hand lotions... shampoo. And the Aunts, um... they like to meddle in people's love lives.

• Sally Owens : [Looks at Gary's eyes in the middle of kissing him]  One green eye, one blue... no, I can't. I have to go.

  [Leaves in haste] 

  Gary Hallet : [Confused]  I was born with them!

• Gary Hallet : I got people telling me that you're up here cooking up placenta bars, that you're into devil worship...

  Sally Owens : [cuts him off]  No. No, there's no devil in the craft.

• Gary Hallet : Where is James Angelov?

  Sally Owens : [matter-of-fact]  I think he's in the spirit world.

  Gary Hallet : You think he's dead?

  Sally Owens : No, I think he's haunting us.

• Old Lady Wilkes : [Getting interviews by Officer Hallet about the Owens]  Go arrest her! Their niece owns a shop where they cook up a special placenta. And that's why the Aunts don't age! I tell you, they just don't age!

  Gary Hallet : [Doubtful]  She's selling placentas?

  Old Lady Wilkes : [With gleeful conviction]  A placenta bar!

• Antonia Owens : [Answering the door]  You came for breakfast! We're having pancakes!

  Gary Hallet : No, actually, I just came here to talk to your mom.

  Antonia Owens : Great! She's having pancakes, too. Come in, come in!

• Gary Hallet : Strange town. Never spent this much on shampoo before, in my life.

• Gary Hallet : [about the herb Belladonna]  Some people also use it as a poison.

  Sally Owens : Which people?

  Gary Hallet : Witch people.

  Sally Owens : Ah-ha.

  Gary Hallet : Witches.

  Sally Owens : I guess you found me out, huh? Yeah.

  Gary Hallet : Yes, I did

  Sally Owens : [Tone hardens]  You should come round here on Halloween. You'd really see something then.

• Pharmacist : [Reading]  If any man dared take on an Owens woman, he'd live briefly in the euphoria of her love... until meeting an untimely death.

  Gary Hallet : [Dubious]  The curse?