Thurl Ravenscroft Quotes

I did commercials since I was 16, and that's kind of acting, depending on what you're selling.

I've done a dozen or two dozen infomercials.

Since I started in Nascar, popularity has definitely gone up. I've become more attractive and helpful to companies that are looking for spokespersons. So from that perspective, things are going really well.

I graduated college in 1983, so that's 32 years, and all I've done for a living is act or commercials or voiceovers. So I have nothing to complain about.

Commercials capture your attention, that's all.

I kind of got popular as a spoken word artist, and I ended up doing some ads and audio stuff for Nike and Sprite.

I endorse only products I actually use. Like Wheaties keeps offering me money, but I don't eat Wheaties, so I can't do it. Now, if Rice Krispies or Frosted Flakes offered me a deal, I'd take it right away. Apple Jacks, I'd be on the box in a heartbeat. Apple Shaqs. Yeah.

It's been amazing, the number of commercials that I've done, starting back in 1968. It must be 8,000.

So now, cut to ten years later, and I'm making this amazing contract with Pantene. It's incredible.

Advertising is, actually, a simple phenomenon in terms of economics. It is merely a substitute for a personal sales force - an extension, if you will, of the merchant who cries aloud his wares.

I travel a lot to promote the perfumes and to do the commercials.

I've spent over 25 years in the television industry, the direct response industry. I met a lot of people and certainly learned the power of commercials and their brand building potential.

I think the concept of commercials, for example, I have had offers to do songs in different commercials, and it is not what I have liked.

Because we're sponsored by competing breweries there is always competition. When we were both fighting for ninth or 10th place, nobody really cared except the two companies.

I'll tell you what I probably would prefer to happen less and less: actors that I know and respect in shampoo ads. Or modeling.

An enormous amount of ingenuity and creativity goes into commercials, and they can be fascinating if you pay attention.

I always thought marketing in general was an interesting kind of thing. I always liked commercials and billboards.

At the time of Polaroid - and I did a couple of other commercials just before I stopped doing that stuff - at that point I was at the level where they respect you and your opinion and all that sort of thing.

If you really think about it, when watching television, you have product placement all the time.

I like infomercials.

I think commercials are something that everyone does to get out there and get a little bit of exposure, get their feet wet, and also pay the bills. So anytime you can be a part of a wonderful, fun commercial, that's just a bonus.

I've done several commercials and I've done voiceovers for documentaries.

I loved cutting together simple commercials about margarine or soft drinks - all kinds of silly products - but I tried to make the commercials different.

I've always been a fan of advertising, I've always been a fan of television, I've loved commercials, I've loved all the jingles, I loved all the stuff.

I did a Clean & Clear commercial. I did a series of them. I used to be the Clean & Clear girl!