My mom experienced racism. She was harassed by the KKK several times. And I experienced racism myself, growing up. In New Jersey, we had trash thrown…

- Aldis Hodge

The time frame and how people treated each other was upsetting, but what's great about this story is that they really focus on the strengths of these…

- Aldis Hodge

Some of my job consists of me drafting and making technical drawings. So everything I did back then has materialized into something substantial for m…

- Aldis Hodge

I love my job, simply because we can keep things fresh, all the time. That's a luxury not all shows have. For us, as actors, it keeps us interested i…

- Aldis Hodge

Sometimes survival seems like submitting. And that's really hard on the spirit.

- Aldis Hodge

They don't really focus on that history here in America. I remember growing up as a kid, history class was very washed-over. They didn't really get i…

- Aldis Hodge

I was too young to understand who Sam[uel L.] Jackson was or who Bruce Willis was, who Jeremy Irons was at the time. All I knew was that they were go…

- Aldis Hodge

You go home happy, you go to work happy, you make a better project because everybody loves it and loves each other.

- Aldis Hodge

With any good projects, I feel like the off-screen chemistry factors on-screen. It's great when you don't have to force it, but when it's not there y…

- Aldis Hodge