No role is too small for Michael Urie. He’s made that clear since his Ugly Betty days, when he played the razor-tongued assistant to Vanessa Williams’s diva-boss character, stealing scenes with a single arched eyebrow. He’s continued the trend with Harrison Ford and Jason Segel’s feel-good sitcom, Shrinking, for which Urie secured an Emmy nomination for his supporting role, as Segel’s lawyer-slash-confidant. Now the Juilliard graduate takes the stage in Cole Escola’s Broadway hit, Oh, Mary! To celebrate his role, as Mary’s acting teacher, Urie shares his least favorite things. —Carolina de Armas
Least favorite number: Forty. Why is it spelled like that?
Least favorite color: Bayge. That’s how it should be spelled.
Least favorite team: The Straights.
Least favorite James Bond: The next one.
Preferred deadly sin: Gayness, I hear.
Food that makes you gag: Oysters in Vegas.
Book you never finished: The Wager. Also the book I’ve most often started.
Film you walked out of: The Descent. Technically, I was walking into the kitchen to “get something,” but the truth is, I was scared, y’all.
Song you never want to hear again: That song “Friday,” by Rebecca Black. Great. Now it’s in my head and I think I love it.
Character from history you most dislike: John Wilkes Booth, for giving actors such a bad name.
Item of clothing you would never wear: MAGA hat.
Worst form of transport: Car ride to J.F.K.
Preferred form of revenge: Taking the high road.
Favorite curse word: “Shitty.”
Least favorite apology: “I’m sorry you feel that way.”
Least favorite conversational topic: What route taken to get here.
Least favorite present you’ve received: Orchids. You’re just asking me to fail and also murder.
Worst New York City moment: Car ride to J.F.K.
Person you’d least like to share a lifeboat with: The cruise director.
Words you’d hate to have spoken behind your back: “He’s a hack.”
Thing you said but wish you hadn’t: That mean thing when we fought.
Thing you didn’t say but wish you had: That funny thing I thought on the way home.
Worst advice you’ve ever gotTEN: “Don’t take any more gay roles.”
Worst advice you’ve ever given: “Rent, don’t buy.”
Last words before execution: “Her name was Lola … ”
Michael’s Inessentials
