God has put me in a really good position where I can make the choices to walk away if something is not right, so that way I can keep my integrity.
TYLER PERRYWhat do you spend $200 million on, with a film? I can’t wrap my brain around that one.
More Tyler Perry Quotes
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What excites me? Had you asked me that question a few years ago, the answer would’ve rolled right off my tongue. Today, I think it’s moving and uplifting my audience. Having them get it and go with it. That excites me.
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I live my life outside of the box because when I die they’re going to put me into one!
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Statistics say that I’m supposed to be in jail. And I’m not supposed to be alive.
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If you don’t want my God here, you don’t want me here either. God has been too good to me to go and try to sell out to get some money…
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What do you spend $200 million on, with a film? I can’t wrap my brain around that one.
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I don’t think the dreams die – I think that people give up. I think it gets too hard.
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It’s most important that you surround yourself with positivity always, and have it in your mind at all times.
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People say the truth hurts. Hell no, it hurts even more if you do a whole bunch of foolishness to try and avoid it.
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Forgiveness is giving up the hope of what happened to you from being different.
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He who has the gold makes the rules.
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Life is so precious, such a gift, you have to live for you. Live your own truth, live the life that God has put you and nobody else on this Earth to live and not what somebody might be telling you to live.
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I try not to take on the weight or the burden of it. Once it’s on the paper, I try to leave it, because I want to surrender to what I’m supposed to write about.
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I think every one of us, in life, have some sort of moment that has happened that we wish we could have done differently or that we wish could have had a different outcome.
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I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells… Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.
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A miniskirt shows just enough to cause some mystery. What these young women lack is mystery so the old women have to have it.
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My biggest success is getting over the things that have tried to destroy and take me out of this life. Those are my biggest successes. It has nothing to do with work.
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Developing a good work ethic is a key [to success]. Apply yourself at whatever you do, whether you’re a janitor or taking your first summer job, because that work ethic will be reflected in everything you do in life.
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There’s a huge demand for my entertainment, and I can’t meet the need. So I decided to try a TV show to reach as many of my fans as possible.
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Oprah is very, very, very special to me. She’s an amazing woman.
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Don’t wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.
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A degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing.
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Madea’ is a Southern term. It’s short for ‘mother dear.’ So there are a lot of Madeas out there.
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I’m not suspicious of success, I’m suspicious of the people who want to attach themselves because of your success.
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What I have learned in this life is you can never be ashamed of where you come from.
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I think there’s something that happens at 40 where you settle into your own skin and you stop caring what people think – you realize life is a gift from God and you want to live it to the fullest.
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Seeing people laugh definitely inspires me, and so does seeing people get life lessons about living better.
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