Tyler James Williams has been on TV for as long as he—or anyone else, for that matter—can remember, from an appearance on Saturday Night Live when he was just 10 years old (where, during the opening monologue, he played host Jack Black’s son) to the lead role on Chris Rock’s semi-autobiographical sitcom, Everybody Hates Chris. The 33-year-old actor now stars in Quinta Brunson’s award-winning sitcom Abbott Elementary, where his role as Gregory Eddie, a first-grade teacher at the fictional Philadelphia public school and the love interest to Brunson’s leading character, has earned him a Golden Globe and more than a couple of Emmy nods. As Season Five unfolds in the show’s signature (and wry!) mockumentary style, Williams shares his least favorite things. —Carolina de Armas
Least favorite number: 14.
Least favorite color: Blue.
Least favorite team: Washington Wizards.
Least favorite James Bond: Pierce Brosnan.
Preferred deadly sin: Lust.
Food that makes you gag: Avocados.
Book you never finished: The Art of War, by Sun Tzu.
Film you walked out of: Night at the Museum.
Song you never want to hear again: “The Crossroads,” by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.
Character from history you most dislike: Christopher Columbus’s financiers.
Item of clothing you would never wear: Flip-flops.
Worst form of transport: Scooter.
Preferred form of revenge: The pettiest long game.
Favorite curse word: The suffix “-ass.” Bitch-ass, punk-ass, etc.
Least favorite habit (in you): Leg bouncing.
Least favorite habit (in others): Loud chewing.
Least favorite apology: The “I’m just going to wait a long time and hope you forget and then just act like we’re cool” apology.
Least favorite conversational topic: Things that happened on X.
Least favorite present you’ve received: Someone else’s headshot.
Worst New York City moment: Winter slush in my Timberlands.
Person you’d least like to share a lifeboat with: The person who sank the original boat.
Words you’d hate to have spoken behind your back: “He has no rhythm.”
Thing you said but wish you hadn’t: “It’s O.K. I get it.”
Thing you didn’t say but wish you had: “I don’t understand this and probably never will, but I’m going to try.”
Worst advice you’ve ever gotTEN: “Bro, what you really need to start doing is Vines!”
Worst advice you’ve ever given: I told an untrustworthy person to “trust yourself.”
Last words before execution: A deep breath followed by a rap of Nicki Minaj’s “Monster” verse.
Tyler’s Inessentials
