I have accomplished a lot, but it didn't happen overnight for me. I was 35 when I got the show, and had been working professionally for 15 years. It would be a lot weirder if I were in my early 20s and stumbled into it.

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But I was ready for it and I knew I could do it. I've just turned 40, I have a son and I feel more settled and driven than ever. I think my 40s will be my most prolific time. It's a very rare life you get to lead as a sitcom guy.

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Some television critics don't like us anymore, ... Well, maybe you don't, but our peers do!

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But there's only so much we can do.

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There is a tremendous consistency to our show.

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Critics want 'fresh,' ... But long-running television shows aren't built that way. When people tune into 'Will & Grace,' they don't want new actors in the roles. They don't want a new setting: They don't want to suddenly see it taking place in Miami. The freshness must be strictly internal, how we do little things. The big picture is not gonna change that much.

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But they DID tune out.

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Television fame makes people say, ' That's who that guy is. That's the way he is,' ... Now I have to say, 'Look, I'm lots of other guys, too.' .

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