Your value depends on what you make of yourself. Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.
BEN FELDMANYour value depends on what you make of yourself. Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.
BEN FELDMANIf 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 FELDMANAnd I’m overcompensated for that. So it’s insane to not use that pedestal to try and at least help someone or something that’s in need.
BEN FELDMANDoing something costs something. Doing nothing costs something. And, quite often, doing nothing costs a lot more!
BEN FELDMANYou’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 FELDMANIf I don’t buy it, I can’t sell it.
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 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.
BEN FELDMANI 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.
BEN FELDMANI’ve been pretty lucky, I like my jobs.
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.
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 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 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 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 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 FELDMAN