Ashton Sanders

I was bullied in elementary to middle school. It messed with my self esteem. ”

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

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. ”

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

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

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. ”

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. ”

Moonlight' has changed my life externally but also internally... spiritually as well. ”

I wanna be Mahershala Ali in my next life. He's the man. He's a really genuine guy. He's a really great guy, one of my favorite people on this planet. ”

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. ”