Aldis Hodge Quotes

Author Image

Aldis Hodge

Profession : Actor

Birth : September 20, 1986

Sometimes there's something that a writer doesn't see or a producer doesn't see when he's looking at a shot.

Aldis Hodge

Nothing in my life has necessarily been easy, but eventually I see where it's gotten me to, and I say, 'Okay, it's been worth it.'

Aldis Hodge

If men were meant to be a dominant power, men would be on this earth by themselves. So, I don't understand when women's rights are challenged - because you're talking about human rights. You talk about subjugating an entire culture that we heavily depend on for everything we need for survival.

Aldis Hodge

With contemporary music, you automatically get connected. It connects you to the emotion of the characters.

Aldis Hodge

When I was 18, I began attending college for art and design, and I designed all sorts of things from furniture to industrial designs and even watches.

Aldis Hodge

I am fortunate enough to find opportunities that have a lot of presence.

Aldis Hodge

We owe a lot when it comes to women in terms of innovation, in terms of education, in terms of progression in life.

Aldis Hodge

For me personally, the way I've been trained, just through life experience - the harder something is, the harder you have to work for it, the more worthwhile it is, and you just have to know that going in.

Aldis Hodge

As far as playing different characters within the character, I think that's fun. Very rarely, on TV, do you get to do that on such a regular basis.

Aldis Hodge

You get into these executive offices, and people say, 'Oh, we have this project. Wait a minute, guys, we need diversity - let's choose a black actor for this; let's choose a Hispanic actor for this,' instead of saying, 'That's not diverse, that's just normal. That's what makes up America.'

Aldis Hodge

A new setting is amazing cause it's new for the team, and it's new for our characters. It's a breakaway from the normal deal. You get so tired, locked into a show for so many years. You get used to doing the same thing. A little shake-up and change is good.

Aldis Hodge

I think enslavement has evolved to what may seem appropriate to this day's generation. Modern enslavement is imprisonment.

Aldis Hodge

Everybody wants somebody to look up to that looks like them so they can truly believe in that reality for themselves.

Aldis Hodge

These superhero movies are starting to give more love to not only black characters but also to more female characters, which is necessary because you have boys and girls of all colors who are looking at these superheroes saying, 'I want to be that. I want to look like that. Show me somebody that I can automatically connect with.'

Aldis Hodge

For some reason, I think that I'm not doing enough work. People are like, 'You're on a series right now,' but I'm always like, 'Yeah, but I can do more!'

Aldis Hodge

What you do does matter. And people do remember it and feel it.

Aldis Hodge

My approach is always the same. I try to be as honest as possible. Find the real honesty and humanity in the character because even a fictional character is supposed to feel real. And my job is to find that reality and bring it to the screen.

Aldis Hodge

I don't believe in breaks. Not yet. I'm too young.

Aldis Hodge

I've always known I wanted to be in design somehow. It was going to be architecture, but I would've had to quit acting for it. I realized with horology, I could learn at my own pace.

Aldis Hodge

When you say 'diversity,' the term has been denigrated over the years because it has been used as a crutch.

Aldis Hodge