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Alex Borstein knows how lucky she is to be a part of “Family Guy.”

“It’s a gift. It’s a freaking gift,” the actress, 51, told Page Six exclusively at the Broadway opening of “Mr. Saturday Night” Wednesday. “And I’m never not aware of how lucky I am.”

Borstein has voiced family matriarch Lois Griffin since the cartoon series began in 1999 and has even won an Emmy for her work on it.

“It’s a creative endeavor that I still really like,” she continued. “It makes me laugh. I love the people. You create these little families on these things that you work on.”

Borstein has also created a little family in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” in which she plays Midge Maisel’s manager, Susie Myerson.

Before landing the role, the “Mad TV” alum was living in Barcelona with her kids, having kind of given up on show business.

“I was on a show on HBO called ‘Getting On’,” she explained. “It was my favorite thing in the world, and when they canceled it, I thought, ‘What the f–k. Why even try? It was so good. If that’s going to be canceled, nothing’s possible.’

“And then I started developing this show for Fox with Alan Arkin, and I had new hope. And then it fell through because they wouldn’t pay Alan Arkin. They would not pay his rate, which was not a lot. It was crazy. So it went away, and I said, ‘Forget it, I’m moving to Barcelona,’ and [‘Mrs. Maisel’ creator Amy Sherman-Palladino] called …”

Joining Borstein to see Billy Crystal on Broadway was Tina Fey, Martin Short — who fretted because he couldn’t find his theater ticket and was afraid he wouldn’t be able to get in — and Steve Martin.

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