We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful James Sanders. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with James below.
James, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Are you able to earn a full-time living from your creative work? If so, can you walk us through your journey and how you made it happen?
Yes, I’ve been playing on different films and Tv shows. Such as Tyler Perry, Oprah, Netflix, Warner Bros, Marvel, and Hulu, Disney, Nickelodeon and many more companies. Started off as a background extra, then started, getting featured, then started getting principal roles, then started getting a few main character roles. It was pretty easy from day one, however it’s been a long process , I’ve could have sped up the process by taking things into my hands but instead I waited my time and let the universe work for my good.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
For those who don’t know me I came into the industry in 2018 working for record label street execs, for rapper young dolph on his Major Tour. I got offered my first deal from Don Canon of Def Jams in 2016. And I’ve been making music ever sense. What disciplined me was getting to the top and failing back down to nothing due to not believing in myself. So I encourage anyone to believe in themselves %100. After COVID Hit in 2020 I started taking acting more serious and ended up working with the biggest actors in the game within 1 year and 5 months. I took my faith In God very serious and that’s what got me to where I am today!!!
How about pivoting – can you share the story of a time you’ve had to pivot?
I’ve had a pivot in my business when I got into a relationship. This relationship set me back for two years. I started putting other peoples before my goals and what I had aligned and it hurt in the long run without notice. When I separated from this relationship all of my manifestions came within in a blink of an eye. That’s when I realized we can get ourselves into the wrong situations by trusting others and not ourselves
Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?
Yes, when I started off in background acting making $9 a hour and worked myself into a situation getting paid $30 a hour. I showed resilience by taking the opportunity that presented itself and seeing the bigger picture instead of focusing on what i had
Contact Info:
- Website: Link tree: Jsanders iii
- Instagram: @1kingjames___
- Facebook: James A Sanders III
- Twitter: @iamjays3
- Youtube: https://youtu.be/G7E1SrBbVPg
Image Credits
Lil boosie, Derez De’Shon, Tyler Lepley, PValley season 2, Tyler perry sistas season 3, water boyz the movie