“To be able to inspire somebody just by doing something that you love, ...” — Ashton Sanders Quote

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

“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.”

“I want to keep doing projects that speak for people within the community and tell different types of meaningful stories.”

“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 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.”

“If I can get together once a month with eight people I hold dear, that's a real win to me.”

“I would have loved to record with Paul McCartney on some of his early solo recordings, wonderful music. Playing some lovely organ, perhaps. I would have loved to record with John Lennon. He was a dear friend. I had lunch with him just two days before he died.”

“I am deeply saddened by the death of my dear friend, Dudley Moore.”

“For us she is not the iron lady. She is the kind, dear Mrs. Thatcher.”

“I've always thought that 'Dear White People' should live on as a TV show, so I'll leave it at that.”

“Most actors I know come from a screwed up background, so it makes sense that if you can walk on to a space and recreate your reality, then that's the place that will become very dear.”