Ina new interview with theL.A.
“I never really wanted to go back,” the actor said.
I loved every moment.

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.