I do not sell life insurance. I sell money. I sell dollars for pennies apiece. My dollars cost 3 cents per dollar per year.
BEN FELDMANI’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.
More Ben Feldman Quotes
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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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I’ve been pretty lucky, I like my jobs.
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If you look at the history of advertising, most of them were Jews, so it was only a matter of time before ‘Mad Men’ explored that area of advertising.
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The biggest asset you have is your earning capacity, and that depends entirely on your attitude.
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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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I don’t like sci-fi/fantasy.
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No one ever died with too much money.
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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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Work hard. Think big. Listen well.
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Fundamentals are right down to earth. And one fundamental is: You have to make calls. Nothing happens until you make a call. It’s that fundamental!
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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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I never thought I was gonna live in LA. I thought I was gonna live in New York forever.
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Your value depends on what you make of yourself. Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.
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Don’t sell life insurance. Sell what life insurance can do.
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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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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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I know plenty of actors smarter than me with better taste than me who love horror movies and love sci-fi and it just doesn’t make sense to me.
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I think I’m the funniest guy in a room full of unfunny people.
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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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When you walk out, the money walks in
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The biggest asset you have is your earning capacity, and that depends entirely on your attitude.
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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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If you’ve got a problem make it a procedure and it won’t be a problem anymore.
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Term insurance is temporary, but your problem is permanent.
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Your biggest asset is a positive attitude. That more than anything else determines your earnings.
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