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 FELDMANI think I’m the funniest guy in a room full of unfunny people.
More Ben Feldman Quotes
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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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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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No one ever died with too much money.
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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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I don’t like sci-fi/fantasy.
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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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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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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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The biggest asset you have is your earning capacity, and that depends entirely on your attitude.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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