Ashton Sanders

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 that growing up in school, so it goes both ways. ”

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

I think that's the most important part of doing this job, is learning different personality types. I mean, it's kind of like sociology or psychology in a sense. With that, and with every project I do, I think I'm able to pull something away that further makes me understand humanity in a way I didn't before. ”

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

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

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

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

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

Hollywood is showing respect for all different types of art. ”

Sometimes people are vulnerable. And that's fine. ”