It’s been nine years since we lostRobin Williams, but his costars are still singing his praises.

Lane confided in Williams that he wasn’t ready to come out in a public forum.

“We won’t talk about it.'”

THE BIRDCAGE, Nathan Lane, Robin Williams, 1996, © United Artists / Courtesy Everett Collection

Nathan Lane and Robin Williams in ‘The Birdcage’.Everett Collection

I don’t know."

After DeGeneres came out andEllenwas cancelled, DeGeneres worried thatshe would never work again.

“I just wasn’t ready to do that,” Lane said of coming out publicly.

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