From: Rango
Genre: Movies
Who said it?: The Spirit of the West
The story behind the quote: The quote comes from CG animated movie, Rango. The film follows the titular character as he fools an entire town by pretending to be a tough hero. The movie won in the Best Animated Feature during the 84th Academy Awards.
The quote comes near the end of the film. Rango (voiced and motion captured by Johnny Depp), in a daze, talks to the Spirit of the West (voiced by Timothy Olyphant) and stating that the things he’s done and the lies he spread seems to have made things much worse for the town. The Spirit of the West tells Rango, since the town needs a hero, he should be that hero. Rango rebuffs this and says him being in the desert was a mistake in itself but The Spirit of the West rhetorically asks if it was a mistake to be where he needed to be when the people needed him the most. That’s when he delivers the quote.
Geek wisdom: It’s always nice to be needed. While it’s fine to be selfish once in a while, being that way all the time only benefits yourself. Sometimes, you just need to feel wanted and the only way to be that way is to give of yourself.
My Geek Wisdom 
It’s not selfish to be realistic about one’s skills and abilities, not by a long shot. What the Spirit does is tell Rango that he is going to have to take a leap of faith and find out what the limits really are. So much of what he said was metaphorical and some of it was as direct as it can get. Rango can choose to walk away, or he can choose to return to the town and try to make a difference. He chooses the latter, and adopts the persona he had previously created. The way he told Rattlesnake Jake “try me” changed the dynamic between them.