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“I never really wanted to go back,” the actor said.

I loved every moment.

David Hyde Pierce as Niles Crane on ‘Frasier’

David Hyde Pierce as Niles Crane on ‘Frasier’.Bill Reitzel/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty

It was that I wanted to do other things."

And I also thought, ‘They don’t actually need me.’

Frasier has moved on to a new world.

They have new characters.

And I think I’m right.

It’s doing great.

And the new people they have are great."

As the son of Niles and Daphne (Jane Leeves), Keith is keeping Pierce’sFrasierlegacy alive.