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Aldis Hodge

American Actor

Born: Sep 20, 1986

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

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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

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You have a plantation where you have 10 white people and you have about 50 or 60 black people. The automatic thought was, 'Why didn't they raise up? Why didn't they overpower? They had the numbers.' But really these people, their hope was broken. Their sense of love was broken. Their appreciation for who they were was broken. 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

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As far as my contribution to this industry, I want to be like Dean Devlin, John Rogers, and Chris Downey. I want to give people jobs and put them on great shows. I want to create careers for people. Aldis Hodge

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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

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I was always really geeky about design and buildings. Always into architecture as a kid. Aldis Hodge

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There's a really great documentary called 'Many Rivers,' which documents the totality of slavery from its inception, and then it gives you a little history on how America came to prominence. It's crazy - the first black man to actually step foot in America came as a free man, as an explorer, with the Spaniards. Aldis Hodge

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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, you better focus on getting there because, as we live with these characters, we spend more time with one another than we do our families at home. Aldis Hodge

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My brother does a series of movies called 'The Purge,' and they have the third one coming out this year, and then also he'll be starring in the second season of 'Secrets and Lies.' We want each other to win because we are a team, and this is how we've been since day one. That's the end game for all of us in the Hodge house. Aldis Hodge

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I was in public school until third or fourth grade, and after that, I was homeschooled. I was homeschooled until I was 14, and then when I was 14, I began attending college. Mom was not playing about that education. Aldis Hodge

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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

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I've been a writer since I was 13. I've been writing scripts and having pitch meetings. So, when I do see people like Brit Marling getting things done, it lets me know that it's possible. It basically just tells me, 'Dude, get to work!' For some reason, I think that I'm not doing enough work. Aldis Hodge

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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 veil of thinking that we are, we can face the problems and really try to fix them. 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

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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

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My sister is raised to know her value and to know that she stands behind no man. You know, when she gets a husband, you stand side by side, equal partnership. You stand behind no one cause you have to lift each other up. You can't do that if you're 30 percent of the value in your relationship or the household. Aldis Hodge

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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

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