Thurl Ravenscroft

The good lord gave me a very unusual voice, and gave me the opportunity to learn how to use it.

— Thurl Ravenscroft

I love to keep doing the voice, and I'll do it as long as I'm able and as long as Tony sells…

— Thurl Ravenscroft

I made Tony a person. For me, Tony was real. I made him become a human being, and that affected the animation…

— Thurl Ravenscroft

It was hard to know if anything, any one particular thing, increased my career or not.

— Thurl Ravenscroft

Tony is just a good, wholesome character.

— Thurl Ravenscroft

I've been a very fortunate man and have had many wonderful jobs and experiences in my life.

— Thurl Ravenscroft

Jack Benny was a very warm person and a very appreciative person.

— Thurl Ravenscroft

It always ended up that they said, 'Tony, are Frosted Flakes good?' And he would laugh and say, 'Good? Why, they're great.'…

— Thurl Ravenscroft

To me, that's when music was music. Every studio had a full symphonic orchestra and a whole bunch of singers they used…

— Thurl Ravenscroft

Whenever anyone finds out that I'm Tony, 'Oh, do it! Do it!' What they mean is they want me to say, 'Put…

— Thurl Ravenscroft

All I have to do is walk into any crowd in the United States, I'll bet you, and say, 'G-rr-r-r-e-a-a-at!' and everyone…

— Thurl Ravenscroft

I did the commercials for Gillette during the World Series and at one point I had 27 different beer contracts.

— Thurl Ravenscroft

I'm the only man in the world that has made a career with one word: 'Grrrrreeeat!'

— Thurl Ravenscroft

When Kellogg's brought up the idea of the tiger, they sent me a caricature of Tony to see if I could create…

— Thurl Ravenscroft