Worked On Beef Ads For 8 Years
Due to the attraction of his rough, distinctive voice, Elliott worked for many years as a voice actor for commercials selling beef. He told The Guardian, “I did beef ads for about eight years because I love the people in that industry, and there are a lot of people who make their living in the beef world. Ranchers, primarily. Those ads pushed the numbers in the marketplace for beef up considerably … but when it got to the point where they kept asking for different takes, different cuts, different deals you can get involved with … I started to bristle at it.”
Technology Takes Over
Being part of any industry for more than fifty years—as Elliott has done in Hollywood—will allow you to witness monumental change. The biggest difference from when he got started, according to Elliott, is technology. “Changes that have been made in the technological world have revolutionized the movie business on almost every level. There are some constants that are never going to change. But from a technical standpoint, it’s a whole other world.”