On the sets, Ali Zafar was extremely entertaining... he would just start singing out of the blue. It was just great!
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I watched Muhammad Ali, how when he would speak, how it was such a thing of beauty. It sounded so wonderful. And I wanted to be like him.
Ali was a legend of our sport. For me as a kid, he inspired me to represent myself like a champion in and out of the ring.
Ali... we should have gone to see that movie. Malcolm X was another one.
Muhammad Ali was the kind of guy you either loved or hated, but you wanted to see him. I happen to really love him. He brought boxing to another level and always made you laugh.
Ali was the African-American who exulted in saying exactly what he was capable of, and the bouncing-boy braggadocio of hip-hop is impossible to imagine without him. So it makes sense that one of his spiritual children, the sunny-dispositioned rapper turned actor Will Smith, would play him.
Muhammad Ali meant everything to me. He inspired me to box after watching re-runs of him winning a gold medal in the Olympics and being a world champion.
Muhammad Ali is a combination of personality and athlete who is probably better known around the world than any other. He became a great hero.
It never crossed my mind to make a film about Muhammad Ali or the Queen or any of them! They just come out of the blue.
And one of my favorites was Eddy Arnold of course. He just had that smooth, soulful voice.
People like Frank Zappa were amazing for us Brits.