Quotes / Because I'm Good At It

Some people possess talent, others are possessed by it. When that happens, the talent becomes a curse.

— Rod Serling, The Twilight Zone (1959), "The Prime Mover"

David: She’s trying to prevent him from going out so he doesn’t get arrested by the SHIELD capebusters, but he keeps wanting to superhero because he’s basically addicted to it, like Robert Palmer to love.
Chris: I really like the idea that as soon as he gets back together with Chloe and listens to her talk for five minutes, he immediately decides he needs to go out and put himself in front of a mugger’s knife.

— Chris Sims and David Uzumeri on Smallville ("Beacon")

All the things that I did, you need to understand... [...] I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. And I was really...I was alive.

— Walter White, Breaking Bad

Kale: I don't need to explain myself to a defect. All you do is hit things with a guitar.
Chai: But I'm REALLY good at it.

— Hi-Fi RUSH

Snake, we're not tools of the government or anyone else. Fighting was the only thing... the only thing I was good at... but at least I always fought for what I believed in.

—Gray Fox, Metal Gear Solid

"But I'm really good at killing. You might say it's my specialty. That and ballroom dancing. But guess which one I can actually make a living at..."

— Deadpool, X-Men Legends II

"It was the greatest freedom and glory to be so good at something but the execution of her ability gave her no pleasure now, in the peak of the experience. She felt they were fools to attack her."

— Chasing the Dragon

CJ: There gotta be an easier way of earning a living than this.
Cesar Vialpando: Sure, holmes, I guess, but what else are you qualified for?
CJ: Yeah, I feel you!

— Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

"The one thing I found unconscionable, that I refused to do that night in Tiananmen on pain of death, and I turn out to be a master at it."

— Ringo Chen, Hitman #42

BoJack: Why are you an agent at all if it makes you so miserable?

Princess Carolyn: Because I'm good at it. I mean, stuff hasn't been hitting lately. But, usually, I'm really good at it.

BoJack: Just 'cause you're good at something doesn't mean you have to do it. I'm good at driving sober, but I don't relish the opportunity.

— BoJack Horseman

"These bad people ... are what I'm good at. Out-talking them, out-thinking them ... it's what I am. And I like it. I like it more than anything I've ever done."

—Tyrion Lannister, Game of Thrones

Gaius: I spend a lot of my time sneakin' into enemy camps... I'm a spy, a saboteur, a guerrilla...even an assassin sometimes. Now, does that sound like someone who's trying to atone for a criminal past?
Libra: But tell me. Why do you do those things?
Gaius: Because I'm good at them, and it ups the odds of us survivin' the next battle. No matter how dirty the job, if it saves one more life on our side, I'll do it.

— Fire Emblem: Awakening

"Evil robots are what I do! Why stop if you're good at it?"

— Dr. Eggman, Sonic Boom

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