Abbott Elementary stars Tyler James Williams and William Stanford Davis shared the challenges of looking directly at the camera.

During the interview, he said he struggled to stop breaking the fourth wall after "The Office." "I have never had a job where I didn't look into the camera at some point," he said.

There was a lot of looking into the camera on The Office, and with good reason: There was supposed to be a documentary crew filming over the entire nine seasons. Everybody did it, and not just Jim ...

'The Office' star, John Krasinski started looking directly into the camera before his character, Jim, developed a habit for it.

Steve Carell said it was difficult to break the habit of looking directly into the camera after doing it for so many years on "The Office." Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images, NBC ...

The second common reason directors have actors look into the camera is for the sake of breaking the fourth wall, allowing characters to directly address or acknowledge the audience.