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.
The danger in having modern music tied to a period piece is that hearing something may take you out of the moment.
You don't ever want to seem less than a person.
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.
I've always known I wanted to be in design somehow. It was going to be architecture, but I would've had to quit acting for it. I realized with horology, I could learn at my own pace.
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. You get so tired, locked into a show for so many years. You get used to doing the same thing. A little shake-up and change is good.
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.
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.
I am fortunate enough to find opportunities that have a lot of presence.
I think the knowledge of where you come from gives you more of an affinity for understanding different cultures and learning.
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.
Every job you do, somebody's looking at it. You're leaving an impression on somebody. What is going to be your footprint?
I want to have a resume that is substantial enough to hold itself as respectful.
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.
Surviving the elements is working, but being on set and having to do a scene and being in a room with the same people who you actually enjoy and respect, your day project was easy.
With contemporary music, you automatically get connected. It connects you to the emotion of the characters.
We owe a lot when it comes to women in terms of innovation, in terms of education, in terms of progression in life.
My standard for the women in my life is like, 'If no man can treat you better than I can treat you, they can't come.' You gotta step up to the plate. With respect, with acknowledgment, with support.
This country is not built on one culture alone. We all make up this industry.
When you say 'diversity,' the term has been denigrated over the years because it has been used as a crutch.
