FAVORITE EPISODE:

"There are several. I loved the Ray's diary episode ('Ray's Journal') where we find the journal he was writing in when he was 14. Another episode I loved was when I made the sculpture. Oh, and another was the episode where I went to the FBI to stop Robert from getting the job."

FAVORITE SCENE:

"One of my favorite scenes I love very much is when I was in bed with cold cream on my face and Peter Boyle sits on the edge of the bed and tells me to take that stuff off my face, and that he loves me just the way I am. It's very tender and different between those two characters."

HOW SHOULD THE SERIES END?

"I just don't want it to end! I want to leave it hanging. Who knows? Maybe we return. Like life, it may end for some, but it doesn't end for everyone. Maybe we come back as ghosts or something."

WHAT WILL YOU MISS THE MOST WHEN THE SHOW IS OVER?

"I'll miss everyone: all the writers, directors, crew and staff, certainly my cohorts, my co-actors. It's an incredible set and very unusual for this business. Everyone likes each other, but more importantly, they trust each others as actors. It's extraordinarily unusual."

HAS YOUR SHOW CHANGED YOUR LIFE?

"Marie Barone has put my career over the top. We're on the air in 171 countries, and I travel a lot. This summer I went to Europe and in every country I went to (except Russia),  people knew my name, would scream and say how much they loved me and our show. People literally came up to thank us for bringing humor into our home, saying they turn off the news because it's so depressing but that we make them laugh and offer relief."

---- As told to Robert Pietranton.