Beast Quote by Heather Headley

The first musical I ever saw was 'Ragtime.'

— Brandon Victor Dixon

Everybody assigned to 'Lion King' initially disliked it. The hot project was 'Pocahontas.'

— Rob Minkoff

After The Wizard Of Oz I was typecast as a lion, and there aren't all that many parts for lions.

— Bert Lahr

I've loved musicals ever since I saw 'The Lion King' on Broadway.

— Mark Indelicato

That was my one big Hollywood hit, but, in a way, it hurt my picture career. After that, I was typecast as a lion,…

— Bert Lahr

I was actually developing the sequel to 'Roger Rabbit' before I was doing 'The Lion King.'

— Rob Minkoff

I hadn't grown up with 'The Hobbit;' I hadn't grown up with 'Lord of The Rings,' anything like that.

— Martin Freeman

I know, it's weird that I've never done a musical. I turned down two of them. 'The Lion King' and 'The Producers.' I turned…

— Mario Cantone

Have you seen the Broadway version of 'The Lion King?' Go and see it. That's where the future of musical is.

— Colm Wilkinson

Personally, things really got under way for me when I eventually got to direct a couple of Roger Rabbit shorts and co-directed 'The Lion…

— Rob Minkoff

The Lion King is one of my favorite stories ever.

— Spencer Matthews

I'm a huge fan of 'The Avengers,' but 'Black Panther' was so special to me.

— KiKi Layne