Aldis Hodge

I enjoy being surprised.

— Aldis Hodge

You don't ever want to seem less than a person.

— Aldis Hodge

It's crazy how intelligent kids can be at a very young age and how they know what they know.

— Aldis Hodge

I want to give people jobs and put them on great shows. I want to create careers for people.

— Aldis Hodge

Every single step, although I couldn't see it, was a step forward and built to where I am now.

— Aldis Hodge

This country is not built on one culture alone. We all make up this industry.

— Aldis Hodge

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

— Aldis Hodge

I want to have a resume that is substantial enough to hold itself as respectful.

— Aldis Hodge

Whatever kids are into, that might be their thing.

— Aldis Hodge

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

— Aldis Hodge

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

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

— Aldis Hodge

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

— Aldis Hodge

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

— 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

Most people say they're slaves, but in my opinion, to say that I am a slave is to take ownership of actually…

— Aldis Hodge

I'm always ready and willing to just keep pushing and working and going because it's in my spirit.

— Aldis Hodge

The introduction of Harriet Tubman is going to be very exciting, she's a real life superhero so for us to be able…

— Aldis Hodge

We're still talking about women's rights. We can't be the greatest country in the world. I think once we lose that illusionary…

— Aldis Hodge

I remember, growing up as a kid, history class was very washed-over. They didn't really get into the gritty bits of slavery.…

— Aldis Hodge

A lot of people are afraid of the idea of enslavement, and that's because it's tied to so much shame and guilt...…

— 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…

— Aldis Hodge

I was homeschooled until I was 14, and then when I was 14, I began attending college. Mom was not playing about…

— Aldis Hodge

When my brother was a child, he kept telling my mom he wanted to be in the box. She didn't get it…

— Aldis Hodge

There's still a place for marching for instance with the Black Lives Matter movement, we've seen the importance of causing a scene,…

— Aldis Hodge

I've been a writer since I was 13. I've been writing scripts and having pitch meetings. So, when I do see people…

— Aldis Hodge

Now, I actually have to a degree, a responsibility to ensure that it doesn't happen again.' I felt pride. When you're up…

— Aldis Hodge

People talk about Jim Crow as if it's dead. Jim Crow isn't gone. It's adjusted. Look at the disproportionate sentences meted out…

— Aldis Hodge

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

— 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…

— Aldis Hodge

Every job you do, somebody's looking at it. You're leaving an impression on somebody. What is going to be your footprint?

— Aldis Hodge

Regardless of the project, whenever you're working on something, the best you can hope for is to be around good people.

— 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…

— Aldis Hodge

I think the knowledge of where you come from gives you more of an affinity for understanding different cultures and learning.

— Aldis Hodge

I'd like to think that in any circumstance I'd say, "You know what? Screw this. Kill me. I'm done. I'm not going…

— Aldis Hodge

I'm not a starstuck dude. I've been in this game too long for that, but I do respect and acknowledge real work…

— Aldis Hodge

A subject I'm particularly passionate about is the criminal justice system and almost all of the policies that impact people's lives are…

— Aldis Hodge

Surviving the elements is working, but being on set and having to do a scene and being in a room with the…

— Aldis Hodge

Even afterwards when you go through a scene and then step off, sometimes you need a minute to just decompress.

— Aldis Hodge