I’m just the least funny person in a room full of funny people, which is basically every single day of work for me.
BEN FELDMANBesides, 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.
More Ben Feldman Quotes
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Doing something costs something. Doing nothing costs something. And, quite often, doing nothing costs a lot more!
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I do not sell life insurance. I sell money. I sell dollars for pennies apiece. My dollars cost 3 cents per dollar per year.
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You know, a man’s life is the most precious thing in the world, isn’t it? So isn’t it odd that a man will insure everything but his life?
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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 get up in the morning and I put on makeup and then I say somebody else’s words in someone else’s clothes, and then I go home and watch TV, have a glass of whisky and go to bed.
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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 rarely use the telephone because he may not want to see me. I have a better chance of seeing the man I want to see if I do go.
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The biggest asset you have is your earning capacity, and that depends entirely on your attitude.
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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 think I’m the funniest guy in a room full of unfunny people. Unfortunately, my career is increasingly leading me into rooms where everybody is funny. I’m the least funny person in a room full of funny people.
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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’ve been pretty lucky, I like my jobs.
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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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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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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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