I was homeschooled until I was 14, and then when I was 14, I began attending college. Mom was not playing about that education. She always said, "Acting is a privilege not a priority. Education is the priority. If you're… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
I remember my mom had a conversation with Sam Jackson about what she should do with our careers and what the next step should be; I was eight and my brother was nine. He said, "You need to get them… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
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… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
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… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
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… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
I came out of the womb drawing on everything; I used to draw on my mother's white furniture and her white walls with her… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
My mom experienced racism. She was harassed by the KKK several times. And I experienced racism myself, growing up. In New Jersey, we had… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
You get into these executive offices, and people say, 'Oh, we have this project. Wait a minute, guys, we need diversity - let's choose… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
The danger in having modern music tied to a period piece is that hearing something may take you out of the moment. — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
You have a plantation where you have 10 white people and you have about 50 or 60 black people. The automatic thought was, 'Why… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
'Die Hard' was a really awesome experience, but I was too young to understand what a big film it was. — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
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.… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
Most people say they're slaves, but in my opinion, to say that I am a slave is to take ownership of actually being a… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
