46 Quotes by 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 bunch of boys who plays sports and chase girls, there's this perception of masculinity that's super hard to fit into. I wasn't the stereotype of that like a lot of my peers were.

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

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

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 would just encourage my younger self to not care about people's perceptions and to love myself fully and to keep progressing and striving for what you are going to become.

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

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

My whole life has changed so much, and it's still constantly changing, but 'Moonlight' brought about a bunch of opportunities that were really surreal, from the Oscars and Golden Globes to the notoriety that it brought, to even doing things like working with Calvin Klein.

To be able to inspire somebody just by doing something that you love, just by creating your art, is something that's very near and dear to my heart.