Because I'm Good At It: Difference between revisions

* Yuri Orlov from ''[[Lord of War]]'' is an illegal arms dealer who has several reasons to quit - his wife threatening to leave him, a Interpol agent dogging him, and building a successful lumber export company, but goes back to arms dealing because, at the end of the day, it is what he's good at.

* Famous dialogue between a cop and a big-time robber in ''Heat'':

Neil McCauley: Neither do I. }}

* [[Elektra (film)|Elektra]] gives this as the reason for being an assassin when [[MacGuffin Girl|Abby]] asks.

 

== Literature ==

 

* [[Raymond E. Feist]]'s ''[[The Riftwar Cycle|Riftwar Cycle]]'' describes [[Loveable Rogue|Jimmy the Hand]] thus:

* ''[[Honor Harrington]]'': Honor does what she does because she's "better at it than most other people" (almost direct quote from the book). Given as what she does is lead fleets into battle, and almost always wins, it might count. It's clear that she doesn't like it, just that she's very capable. She might not like the idea of killing hundreds of people on both sides in her actions, but even she admits at times that she enjoys the thrill of battle, especially if her target is [[Complete Monster|someone]] [[It's Personal|who]] [[Moral Event Horizon|deserves it]]. Her own husband calls thinks of her as the Handmaiden of Death.

* In ''The Lies of Locke Lamora'', the [[Gentleman Bastard|Gentleman Bastards]] don't do anything with the huge amounts of money they acquire from their long cons. It just sits there. But they are ''excellent'' thieves, so why would they give up?