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This country is not built on one culture alone. We all make up this industry.
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I think the knowledge of where you come from gives you more of an affinity for understanding different cultures and learning.
Aldis Hodge
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The danger in having modern music tied to a period piece is that hearing something may take you out of the moment.
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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.
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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.
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You can't just look like one culture and expect to inspire a multitude of people. That doesn't work over time. Everybody wants somebody to look up to that looks like them so they can truly believe in that reality for themselves.
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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.
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It's crazy how intelligent kids can be at a very young age and how they know what they know.
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I think that my humble beginnings were very deliberate, and I'm grateful for them because I'm not sure I would see my achievements the same way if they were handed to me. I'm not sure my work ethic would be the same.
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I think enslavement has evolved to what may seem appropriate to this day's generation. Modern enslavement is imprisonment.
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With contemporary music, you automatically get connected. It connects you to the emotion of the characters.
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Every single step, although I couldn't see it, was a step forward and built to where I am now.
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As an actor, it's very rare that you get a choice in a matter. But you're always looking for something that has some gravitas.
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You're living with these characters for years and years, you need to have a lock on who they are as people, what they like, what they don't like, what they experience, and what they go through.
Aldis Hodge