Author: Ashton Sanders

Quotes

For my career, I want to be able to do projects that have serious context to them or that make me grow as a person and an artist after the experience.

For my career, I want to be able to do projects that have serious context to them or that make me grow as a person and an artist after the experience.

- Ashton Sanders

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

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

- Ashton Sanders

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

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

- Ashton Sanders

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

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

- Ashton Sanders

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

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

- Ashton Sanders

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

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

- Ashton Sanders

I feel like a lot of black men 'put on' because of what they see and because of what people tell them they have to be.

I feel like a lot of black men 'put on' because of what they see and because of what people tell them they have to be.

- Ashton Sanders

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

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

- Ashton Sanders

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

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

- Ashton Sanders

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