Anything that's outside the standard of the average black male is looked down upon. For me, I wasn't raised playing sports. I was artistic, so that was looked down upon by people in my church, and I was teased for… — Ashton Sanders Copy Share Image
I was bullied in elementary to middle school. It messed with my self esteem. — Ashton Sanders Copy Share Image
'Moonlight' has changed my life externally but also internally... spiritually as well. — Ashton Sanders Copy Share Image
I auditioned for 'Moonlight' without knowing anything. I went in the room, and I didn't know the lines as well as I should have.… — Ashton Sanders Copy Share Image
I'd say my heart is more in independents, but sometimes these major films come along that are pretty good, you know? — Ashton Sanders Copy Share Image
There's so many strict ideas and rules, whether it's from religion or it's just generations and generations. — Ashton Sanders Copy Share Image
I do my own thing, and a lot of people don't. I just move my own way. — Ashton Sanders Copy Share Image
There's so much in American history that has been hidden and shunned. — Ashton Sanders Copy Share Image
I wasn't like the rest of the kids. I was an artist. Living in a black society, when you're raised around a bunch of… — Ashton Sanders Copy Share Image
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 they're not… — Ashton Sanders Copy Share Image
A lot of these artists are out here don't stay true to why they started doing this in the first place. — Ashton Sanders Copy Share Image
We're raised to believe that black men have to be one specific way. — Ashton Sanders Copy Share Image
