The character he played on Will & Grace, Beverly Leslie was created when Joan Collins who had previously appeared in one episode was asked to come back but refused.
Leslie: The problem with all us boys is that we equate God with religion. I still struggle; I do lash out at what I perceive as God, but it's really the bastardization of God by these people who hide behind their church, their book.
Leslie: Someone said there are two classes of gay people in the United States: the fabulous and the fearful. There's nothing really in between. The fabulous, we're on both coasts, but we forget about that huge country out there.