How did directing this particular episode come about? Tyler James Williams: No director gets to pick and choose really. That’s just not how it goes. I brought it up to Quinta at

Tyler James Williams told Deadline he's thought about directing since he was a child actor on Everybody Hates Chris

WARNING: The following story contains spoilers about the Feb. 5 episode of Abbott Elementary. Read at your own risk.] While filming the penultimate episode of Season 3 of Abbott Elementary last year,

"Kids, as long as you learn how to speak their language, they want to do a good job," he said of working with child actors. "They want to work, their egos are not involved"