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.
BEN FELDMANI 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.
BEN FELDMANI meet people and a lot of times, instead of saying, “Are you from the East Coast?” people just go, “you’re from the East Coast, right?”, having no reason to have known that. I don’t know what that is. Maybe it’s just that I’m Jewish.
BEN FELDMANIf 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.
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.
BEN FELDMANDon’t sell life insurance. Sell what life insurance can do.
BEN FELDMANThere was a time where I chose my jobs based on what jobs were available to me, so I would choose 100 percent of them.
BEN FELDMANThe key to a sale in an interview, and the key to an interview is a disturbing question.
BEN FELDMANRead! Study never stops because publications never stop coming in. It’s read and study. And think about what you’re studying. Take it apart and put it together. Ask ‘why?’ And know the answers.
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.
BEN FELDMANTerm insurance is temporary, but your problem is permanent.
BEN FELDMANThe basic purpose of life insurance is to create cash…nothing more or nothing less. Everything else confuses and complicates.
BEN FELDMANIf I don’t buy it, I can’t sell it.
BEN FELDMANI 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.
BEN FELDMANGoals 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.
BEN FELDMANYoull have the same problems when I walk out, as you had when I walked in… unless you let me take your problems with me.
BEN FELDMANDoing something costs something. Doing nothing costs something. And, quite often, doing nothing costs a lot more!
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