Your value depends on what you make of yourself. Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.
BEN FELDMANWhen you audition for shows in Hollywood, you go in, you do your scene, maybe you get an adjustment. It’s sort of easy, and a lot of times it just feels sort of rote and simple.
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There was a time where I chose my jobs based on what jobs were available to me, so I would choose 100 percent of them.
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No one ever died with too much money.
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If you’re starting to lose your faith in the general intelligence of the American populous, there’s nothing like them mistaking pop culture for Van Gogh as a sign that people still read their history books and care about art.
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Most people buy not because they believe, but because the sales person believes.
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When you audition for shows in Hollywood, you go in, you do your scene, maybe you get an adjustment. It’s sort of easy, and a lot of times it just feels sort of rote and simple.
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Youll have the same problems when I walk out, as you had when I walked in… unless you let me take your problems with me.
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You’ve got a problem. Part of what you own isn’t yours. It belongs to Uncle Sam. May I show you how much belongs to Uncle Sam?
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When you walk out, the money walks in
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The key to a sale in an interview, and the key to an interview is a disturbing question.
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When you realize the writers start writing to who you are, you’re basically reading reviews of yourself. And then it becomes this cyclical nightmare where I feel like I need to play into it, then I find myself acting like the character in real life.
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I don’t like horror, which is ridiculous because I’ve been in three horror movies, but when I see those things, I see camera tricks and fake blood and actors screaming and I don’t know understand why other actors don’t see that.
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Life insurance is time. The time a man might not have. If he needs time, he needs life insurance.
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When you audition for shows in Hollywood, you go in, you do your scene, maybe you get an adjustment. It’s sort of easy, and a lot of times it just feels sort of rote and simple.
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Goals aren’t enough. You need goals plus deadlines: goals big enough to get excited about and deadline to make you run. One isn’t much good without the other, but together they can be tremendous.
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I’m a lot happier in people’s living rooms weekly than I think I would be if I was really, really relying on a movie career to keep me fulfilled and excited.
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Your biggest asset is a positive attitude. That more than anything else determines your earnings.
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I never thought I was gonna live in LA. I thought I was gonna live in New York forever.
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I’ve been pretty lucky, I like my jobs.
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Besides, switchboard girls and secretaries have become very good. They’ve learned to take you apart. ‘Who? Why? What for? What company?’ You don’t always get by. I seldom call on the phone. I’d rather go.
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If people understood what life insurance does, we wouldn’t need salesmen to sell it. People would come knocking on the door. But they don’t understand.
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Do you know anyone who has a lease on life? It isn’t a question of if; it’s a question of when.
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I don’t like sci-fi/fantasy.
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Whereas when you go to New York and you audition for plays, you walk out sweaty and intimidated and nervous and doubting yourself as an actor.
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I’m just the least funny person in a room full of funny people, which is basically every single day of work for me.
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Unfortunately, my career is increasingly leading me into rooms where everybody is funny.
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Don’t sell life insurance. Sell what life insurance can do.
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