“It's going to sound cliche, but I started acting as an emotional outle...” — Ashton Sanders Quote

“It's going to sound cliche, but I started acting as an emotional outlet.”

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

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

“I auditioned for 'Moonlight' without knowing anything. I went in the room, and I didn't know the lines as well as I should have. I didn't know a thing about the script. I wasn't told anything. I heard it was a low-budget film, and my agent told me to do it. I was super-ignorant to it.”

“I like to have fun and be myself and express myself through how I dress.”

“I'd say my heart is more in independents, but sometimes these major films come along that are pretty good, you know?”

“I know myself - I cannot just play a cliche. It has to be a character; it has to be written with the complexity of the human being behind. Could be bad, could be good, could be someone we would hate, but still, I need a reason for that influence, and I need to understand why.”

“I know it sounds so cliche, but I feel like I'm only getting better every time I fight.”

“I like stories that grow, that have unpredictable layers. As opposed to Hollywood movies that start out with a lot of shock and noise and peter out into an unconvincing cliche.”

“I don't know, I find that honestly, the stand-up thing in some ways is a little bit of a cliche to carry around, because people don't consider stand-ups really actors.”

“People often ask me, 'Who is your role model?' and it sounds a bit cliche, but I've been trying to be my own model.”

“Music was a large part of my life. and it is a bit cliche, but it's a way people come together.”