"American Horror Story" star Kathy Bates received the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries award on Monday night's 66th Emmy Awards show, which she dedicated to her good friend, the late "Patch Adams" actor Robin Williams.
"When I won my first major award for Misery - a Golden Globe - they didn't have cell phones and I was waiting at a pay phone to call my mother afterward and I didn't have a quarter. I turned around and asked, and Robin said, 'Here's a quarter to call your mother.' I never forgot that kindness," Bates recounted.
Bates also shared a time when several years back, she lost an Academy Award to Judi Dench and Williams approached her during a commercial break to ask how she was, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
"He came to me and said, 'I really wished I could have had your name in the envelope. Are you okay? I know how hard it is lose.' He was so kind to me," Bates shared.
Bates revealed that she and Williams were not exactly close but stressed that her Monday night win is dedicated to the amazing comedian who has touched the lives of millions of people from all over the world, Entertainment Weekly reported.
"I almost wanted to say, 'Look, I own this time and this is for you,' but I was so nervous," Bates said during an interview with the publication backstage.
Bates, who won her first Emmy Award in 2012 for guest actress in a comedy series for "Two And A Half Men" confirmed that she was devastated when the show "Harry's Law" was axed, Deadline noted.
"Does it mean I'm too old? I'm thrilled that there is now so much wonderful television. It means a future for those of us who have worked on our craft for so many years," she said.
