Skill Deficiency Quotes

I wanted to do a film for a while, but I never found a script that I felt I was going to be the right person for; because if you've never made a film, you're not taught how to make a film, and you feel like you lack skills.

Here's where I luck out: I'm really computer illiterate.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

I am a horrible visual artist. I can't fix a car, sew, knit, cook, etc. Statistically, there is more I don't do than do.

I have no interest in directing. I've no talent for it.

I couldn't do anything. I'd work in a department store for a couple of weeks, but I couldn't hack it. I couldn't even type! I had no skills whatsoever outside of show business.

I don't know how to code. I should know how to code.

You see, I don't know how to ride a motorcycle, actually.

I was so horrifically bad at tennis.

I'm not technically proficient enough to attempt all kinds of music.

I retired when I was 30, with all my marbles and a few bucks. But a lot of guys leave boxing penniless with no skills. Men in their 30s and early 40s, old for boxing, young in life, but also old in the job market if you're just getting started with no education. These guys need someone in their corner.

I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.

Unfortunately, every time I have somebody play an instrument, it's always like, they don't know how to do it.

In a sense I'm glad that I've never learned how to paint.

I can't tie my shoes. So many people have tried to teach me, but it's one of those things where I physically can't learn. I don't know why.

I wanted to play the drums, but I had no rhythm.

I wish I was not such a very bad hand at languages. That is one thing I cannot do, that and ride.

Ah, well, I have no talent for nonfiction, that's my problem.

I never learned to read music.

I'm not a cook. I don't think I ever will be.

I wasn't any good at playing tennis.

Convictions that outcomes are determined by one's own actions can be either demoralizing or heartening, depending on the level of self-judged efficacy. People who regard outcomes as personally determined, but who lack the requisite skills, would experience low self-efficacy and view the activities with a sense of futility

I was afraid of the internet... because I couldn't type.

A luck shot is one of those guys who has no form.

I can't work a computer.