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I think I tied him. If I'd done another year, I'd beat him. I doubt I'll find another role that will last 21 years.

You're getting, like, $10 million an episode. Am I close?

Somewhere in that range. There have been some surreal moments of understanding what I was getting for what I love doing.

So what are your plans?

We have a musical of "Scrooge" that we are going to do for NBC and there's a possibility of some work in New York. Some Broadway.

You trained as a Shakespearean actor. Are you worried that if you play King Lear one day someone's going to yell out from the audience, "Hey, where's Niles?"