Being Quote by Ashton Sanders

All throughout filming '12 Years a Slave,' there was a focus like no other. Everyone took ownership of this film and gave their all.

— Lupita Nyong'o

'12 Years A Slave' is a film that is beautifully shot, wonderfully acted, and told in a compelling manner. However, there are some questions,…

— Joe Morton

I didn't like '12 Years a Slave' because it was playing to the Spielbergian model of redemption.

— Hilton Als

When '12 Years a Slave' got that much attention, everyone started to copy that. That story has to be told, but there are a…

— Louis Gossett, Jr

The story [in 12 Years a Slave] serves as a metaphor for the fear of having your family taken away, and for being abused…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

Being a part of '12 Years a Slave' has been one of the most profound experiences of my life.

— Lupita Nyong'o

'12 Years a Slave' was very powerful, very moving, and deserved all of the acclaim it did get.

— Glynn Turman

I didn't know anything about '12 Years a Slave.' Not the book, not Solomon Northup, which I was quite shocked by, once I'd read…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

The idea of making a film - a film that I had certainly never seen before - about the slave experience was a huge…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

Every two, three years there is a movie about the Holocaust because they want you to remember and they want you to be reminded…

— Jamie Foxx

Time was made for slaves.

— John Baldwin Buckstone

I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted.

— Frederick Douglass