All three agree, however, that they're glad they knew so little going in about making a show, something McElhenney calls a "trial by fire." He does say there's one thing he would change though: "To remember to enjoy the process a little bit more, which we certainly started to do as time went on," he says. "When we started, I was 25 or 26, and I so desperately didn't want to wait tables anymore that I was willing to do anything and everything to make sure that this was going to succeed. We just killed ourselves to make sure that it held up to a certain standard, which I'm proud of doing, but at the same time it wasn't as enjoyable as it could have been if we lightened up a little bit."