Robin Williams never talked about this in interviews. He did it quietly, clause by clause, every time he signed a contract for a film or an event.
Brian Lord, a speaking industry expert, once wanted to hire him and got a surprise: the actor required the company to hire a certain number of people experiencing homelessness as well. Not as photo-op charity, but as real work on set. His biographer Emily Herbert confirmed it, and his own daughter, Zelda Williams, later shared it on Comic Relief Live: her father “actively hired people experiencing homelessness and gave them work” on every project, especially when he went on tour.
On The Fisher King, he met Craig Castaldo, a homeless man with whom he ended up forging a real friendship. It is estimated that, thanks to this quiet practice, Williams gave employment to around 1,520 people who needed it. No one needed to know for it to be worthwhile.
