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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.

Ben Feldman

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.
BEN FELDMAN

New York Play Simple
Don’t sell life insurance. Sell what life insurance can do.
BEN FELDMAN

Great Inspirational Motivational Sales
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.
BEN FELDMAN

Apart Company Seldom Switchboard
The basic purpose of life insurance is to create cash…nothing more or nothing less. Everything else confuses and complicates.
BEN FELDMAN

Cash Life Purpose
I think I’m the funniest guy in a room full of unfunny people.
BEN FELDMAN

Guy People Thinking
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?
BEN FELDMAN

May Problem Uncles
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.
BEN FELDMAN

Reading Real Writing
The biggest asset you have is your earning capacity, and that depends entirely on your attitude.
BEN FELDMAN

Assets Attitude Earning
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?
BEN FELDMAN

Life Men World
I don’t like sci-fi/fantasy.
BEN FELDMAN

Experiment Fact Fantasy Fiction Knowledge Science
Work hard. Think big. Listen well.
BEN FELDMAN

Big Hard Thinking Work
Unfortunately, my career is increasingly leading me into rooms where everybody is funny.
BEN FELDMAN

Careers Leading Me Rooms
I 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 FELDMAN

East People Reason
Do you know anyone who has a lease on life? It isn’t a question of if; it’s a question of when.
BEN FELDMAN

Know Lease
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.
BEN FELDMAN

Looks Mad Men
Read! 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 FELDMAN

Answer Thinking Together

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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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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