Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Tyler James Williams.
Last updated on April 20, 2025.
Tyler James Williams is an American actor and rapper. He began his career as child actor, and made several appearances on Saturday Night Live, Little Bill and Sesame Street. Williams later rose to prominence for playing the role of Chris Rock on the UPN/CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris (2005-09). Following this, he starred as songwriter Cyrus DeBarge in the Disney Channel original movie Let It Shine (2012), and Noah on AMC horror television series The Walking Dead (2014-15).
I don't feel like I should pay somebody to do something that I can do.
I've been dancing forever; since I remember, that's what I've been doing.
When kids tried to pick on me, I always had one line to shoot them down with: 'I make more money in a week than you'll make in your entire life.' Which probably wasn't true, but they thought it was.
What I love most about acting is being able to play different types of personalities without being considered crazy.
I'm very cheap. My friends hate me.
I think some of the best songs are written in love and then out of love. That's the best time to put something together.
I have a saying: 'I'm good for three things: making fried bologna sandwiches, making money and picking out good movies.'
I am an actor, and although I love music, and at times can't live without it, I eat, sleep, breath, sweat, and bleed acting.
Just because you are on TV, it doesn't mean you're not going to make mistakes.
I got started acting by going to auditions that my mom found in the entertainment section of our local news paper. Then, I got a manager and started going out on more auditions.
What I remember most about working on 'Sesame Street' is having fun in the green room with the other kids while waiting for my time to go on camera to work with the puppets.
They say I'm young, but my purpose is the inspiration of a nation, innovation 'till I change the talk into a conversation. I'm like a doctor and my patients are anxiously waiting; healing all the hatin' that fakin' in the paper chasing. It's hard to live up to these expectations that I'm facing, and gain the admiration of an older generation. That's why I'm pacing back and forth, contemplatin' mediatatin', how to use what I've been taught is a positive force.
Always be patient. I also believe everything happens for a reason.
It is interesting to see how humans would act if they knew there were never any consequences for their actions because the next day they could wake up and just redo it.