Ashton Sanders

I bury things in the back of my mind I don't really want to deal with.

— Ashton Sanders

It's awesome that my job is to make people have reactions.

— Ashton Sanders

Sometimes people are vulnerable. And that's fine.

— Ashton Sanders

We're raised to believe that black men have to be one specific way.

— Ashton Sanders

Hollywood is showing respect for all different types of art.

— Ashton Sanders

We all have perceptions or boxes that we put each other in.

— Ashton Sanders

There's so much in American history that has been hidden and shunned.

— Ashton Sanders

America isn't made for the black man.

— Ashton Sanders

I'm getting the training I need to progress as an actor. If something comes up and I have to drop, I'll drop.

— Ashton Sanders

I was bullied in elementary to middle school. It messed with my self esteem.

— Ashton Sanders

A lot of these artists are out here don't stay true to why they started doing this in the first place.

— Ashton Sanders

I'm acting! And doing it for income! But it's for something that I love, and that's super rare.

— Ashton Sanders

I want to keep doing projects that speak for people within the community and tell different types of meaningful stories.

— Ashton Sanders

I feel like a lot of black men 'put on' because of what they see and because of what people tell them…

— Ashton Sanders

It's about being true to my artistry, which I've been doing. It's super important to do smart films.

— Ashton Sanders

The sad reality of it is, as black artists in the industry, we still have to work 10 times harder to get…

— Ashton Sanders

It's my job as an artist and as an actor to use this platform to make people learn and grow, to change…

— Ashton Sanders

My whole life has changed so much, and it's still constantly changing, but 'Moonlight' brought about a bunch of opportunities that were…

— Ashton Sanders

I auditioned for 'Moonlight' without knowing anything. I went in the room, and I didn't know the lines as well as I…

— Ashton Sanders

For my career, I want to be able to do projects that have serious context to them or that make me grow…

— Ashton Sanders

I wanna be Mahershala Ali in my next life. He's the man. He's a really genuine guy. He's a really great guy,…

— Ashton Sanders

If you noticed, I wear high-water pants and white socks, which is inspired by the mod '60s, like the Beatles, the Beach…

— Ashton Sanders

I would just encourage my younger self to not care about people's perceptions and to love myself fully and to keep progressing…

— Ashton Sanders

I wasn't like the rest of the kids. I was an artist. Living in a black society, when you're raised around a…

— Ashton Sanders

I think that's the most important part of doing this job, is learning different personality types. I mean, it's kind of like…

— Ashton Sanders

We all have to wear social masks in our daily lives to get by.

— Ashton Sanders

I think it's cool to be different. That's what cool is.

— Ashton Sanders

I do my own thing, and a lot of people don't. I just move my own way.

— Ashton Sanders

Despite everything that's going on, people need love.

— Ashton Sanders

I was skinny and black and didn't play sports. And I was bullied.

— Ashton Sanders

It's going to sound cliche, but I started acting as an emotional outlet.

— Ashton Sanders

I definitely wasn't the kid playing sports. I was super different.

— Ashton Sanders

I like to have fun and be myself and express myself through how I dress.

— Ashton Sanders

I'd say my heart is more in independents, but sometimes these major films come along that are pretty good, you know?

— Ashton Sanders

It's really crazy looking back on my bullies or whoever was trying to torment me or tease me, because karma is just,…

— Ashton Sanders

I had high hopes for 'Moonlight,' just off the reaction I had while reading the script.

— Ashton Sanders

I'm very much of an individual myself, and I do things sometimes that the next person probably won't, or wouldn't, do because…

— Ashton Sanders

I grew up doing theatre, where I was jumping in and out of plays, year round.

— Ashton Sanders

I didn't know that '12 Years a Slave' was being filmed at the same time we were making 'The Retrieval.'

— Ashton Sanders

There are so many stereotypes of how you have to be as a black man, growing up in the community as a…

— Ashton Sanders