LL Cool J Shares What He's Learned From Leading 'NCIS: LA' for 14 Seasons (Exclusive)
etonline.comLL Cool J is looking back on his time on The longtime star of the outgoing CBS procedural reflected on playing Special Agent Sam Hanna for 14 seasons in an exclusive sit-down on the ET stages with Nischelle Turner on Thursday, where he acknowledged he has learned quite a lot from playing the same character for a decade and a half.«Taught me a lot,» he shared. «Because day in and day out, I work with people from all over the country and all over the world.
You know, I would have never been exposed in the same day. I have one guy celebrating Rosh Hashanah and another guy from West Virginia and another guy who's in a biking thing and another guy who's Irish and...
this person from the islands, and I'm working with all of these people every day. So you learn.»«You learn that people are people.
You learn that people are human and all of those unconscious bias that you have that makes you hesitate to embrace certain types of people, all that falls away because you realize everybody's the same,» LL Cool J continued. «It's different, but we the same, you know what I'm saying?»With his character constantly in the line of fire due to his day job, the 55-year-old actor-rapper said Sam's mentality and approach to life has, in some ways, spilled over to his real life off set.«The way he thinks,» he elaborated. «They have to think strategically.
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