A scene from Good Will Hunting 1997
Skylar

I don't understand how your mind works.

Will

Do you play the piano?

Skylar

I wanna talk about this.

Will

No, I'm tryin' to explain it to you. Do you play the piano?

Skylar

Yeah, a bit.

Will

Okay, when you look at a piano you see Mozart, right?

Skylar

I see "Chopsticks."

Will

Beethoven, okay. He looked at a piano, and it just made sense to him. He could just play.

Skylar

So what are you saying? You play the piano?

Will

No, not a lick. I mean, I look at a piano, I see a bunch of keys, three pedals, and a box of wood. But Beethoven, Mozart, they saw it, they could just play. I couldn't paint you a picture, I probably can't hit the ball out of Fenway, and I can't play the piano.

Skylar

But you can do my o-chem paper in under an hour.

Will

Right. Well, I mean when it came to stuff like that... I could always just play.

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