Zubin Mehta Quotes

Exploitation is a harsh word, I know that, but on a certain level, to me that is the central Hollywood story.

Contrary to popular belief. It's much wiser to take money from the poor than the rich.

Corporate America cannot afford to remain silent or passive about the downward spiral we are undergoing. It cannot turn a blind eye to how difficult the experience of life is for so many of their customers.

I was able to lean on people for favors and things to help out because their budget was so low. It was half of what John Travolta's perk package is on a film. Our whole budget was half of what his staff makes on a film.

We are undemocratic, then, in our religion, as is proved by our efforts to “raise” the poor.

Integration in the fields of education, housing, transportation and public accommodations will be of limited extent and duration so long as fundamental economic inequality along racial lines persist.

Poverty is sexist.

As I have traveled the state, I have seen firsthand that there are Arizonans who are hurting.

I had consumed a lot of American culture, but I was not quite prepared for the reality of American poverty.

Americans shouldn't have to hold down two or three jobs to make ends meet.

The working class who toil everyday to pay their rent and put food on their families' tables are tired of being lectured by the fat cats in Washington and Brussels who preach what we need and when we need it.

If someone is poor in India, they should be able to watch the same films as rich people.

We must acknowledge that issues like systemic racism, economic inequality, and the achievement gap are the result of manmade policies.

I fall into the camp that income inequality is the biggest problem we face.

The income distribution system constructed in the 20th century has broken down, and it will not come back.

We need to tackle extreme inequality because it is morally indefensible and socially corrosive - undermining our health, affecting our well-being, and undermining peaceful societies.

We, as actors, see luxury around us, but when we step out, we see the struggle and reality which people are going through.

We had no money. My family was in Southie; I was in affluent Brookline. I don't know if it's my personality or the circumstance, but it all kind of led to this feeling of being an observer on the outside.

Wealth does not trickle down to the poor. Oxfam knows this, the IMF knows this, the World Bank knows this. Poor people have always known this.

We need to focus much more on the bottom 40 per cent. They are losing ground, and the fact that they are losing ground blocks social mobility and brings down economic growth.

There is certainly an economic disparity between Bollywood and the regional film industry.

Too many American families go bankrupt from healthcare expenses, and low wage workers have to hold two or three jobs just to make ends meet, which leaves many young children without any hope of having a pre-K education - the most important start to a good education and a path out of poverty.

Films set in 90210 are ten a penny. But there's rarely room to make films about a different postal code, to show the lives of ordinary Americans who have to live with very limited material resources.

Now, instead of loading up your jalopy and heading for California, you take a second, badly paid job; 'The Grapes of Wrath' has turned into 'Nickel and Dimed.'

As our nation continues to slowly recover from the recession, it is clear some families are doing better than others.