Ben Feldman Quotations

I would say what Mad Men has taught me has been a super elevated evaluation of text in general, and understanding subtext, and understanding where a character comes from - what he means by this or by that.

Here's the thing about Jews in Hollywood. Not to stereotype, but the Jews I know here are the funniest, most self-deprecating people I know. And it's rare to find a Jew that is actually offended by comedy about them.

Anything that Aaron Sorkin writes, I could watch a million times. One of the few shows that I've watched in repeats was 'The West Wing.'

I despise - I hate - I'm terrified of karaoke, and I wish I wasn't because everybody I know who's awesome loves it.

Usually, if I'm yelling at the TV, I'm in a bar. If I'm by myself, and it's not a game, I often find myself scolding reality stars that can't hear me through the television set.

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. 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.

With 'Mad Men,' you feel like you're a member of Seal Team Six when you're shooting.

My father's Jewish, so my world is Jewish whenever I go home.

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,

If I don't buy it, I can't sell it.

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

No one ever died with too much money.

If you’ve got a problem make it a procedure and it won’t be a problem anymore.

You are already broke and don't even know it.

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.

Work hard. Think big. Listen well.

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?

When you walk out, the money walks in

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!

Term insurance is temporary, but your problem is permanent.

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. 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.

Most people buy not because they believe, but because the sales person believes.

The key to a sale in an interview, and the key to an interview is a disturbing question.

Life insurance is time. The time a man might not have. If he needs time, he needs life insurance.

I do not sell life insurance. I sell money. I sell dollars for pennies apiece. My dollars cost 3 cents per dollar per year.

Don't sell life insurance. Sell what life insurance can do.

Your value depends on what you make of yourself. Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.

The biggest asset you have is your earning capacity, and that depends entirely on your attitude.

Doing something costs something. Doing nothing costs something. And, quite often, doing nothing costs a lot more!

You haven’t done anything wrong. You just haven’t done anything, and that’s what’s wrong.

The basic purpose of life insurance is to create cash…nothing more or nothing less. Everything else confuses and complicates.

Youll have the same problems when I walk out, as you had when I walked in... unless you let me take your problems with me.

Your biggest asset is a positive attitude. That more than anything else determines your earnings.

Every man has problems that only life insurance can solve. In the young man’s case, the problem is to create cash; for the older man, to conserve it.

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.

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?

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.

Life Insurance is the only tool that takes pennies and guarantees dollars.

My aunt is a famous L.A. chef, Susan Feniger, and she's got Street and Border Grill. So a fun night out for me is to go to my aunt's restaurants.