I have this huge, huge fan base of people who’ve never seen a Broadway show, but I think it’s a great introduction to what Broadway is because my shows are not that. I think that if you’re getting people to go to theater then somebody should be celebrating that.
TYLER PERRYDon’t stop. Narrow your focus to one idea, and make it work. That will give birth to all of the others. All you can do is plant the seed and water it.
More Tyler Perry Quotes
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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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Ever since I’ve been blessed with success, I’ve struggled a little with anonymity and even family. I’ve had people calling asking for money, and I have to ask them first, ‘Are you working? Have you been trying to help yourself?’ Then I feel like I can help.
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You will always fine jealous people.They’re the ones promoting you.
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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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I feel like I express myself, as an actor. Whatever the character is put in front of me, I try to bring truth to it, whichever way it lands. I try to bring as much truth to it and make it as believable as I can. I think that’s the job of an actor.
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…when you put on your shortest dress, please leave some mystery in it. That’s the difference between a miniskirt and a ho-skirt. A ho-skirt shows your Frisbee. A miniskirt shows just enough to cause some mystery. What these young women lack is mystery.
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Children love their mothers. Especially with a boy child and his mother, there’s a bond that’s unbreakable.
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Forgiveness is giving up the hope of what happened to you from being different.
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I’m very open to fresh talent, and I love the underdog, people who have been counted out, because they come in with a different type of hunger. I’m all for the underdog, so I’d like to talk to anybody who shows up with that sort of thirst.
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I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells… Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.
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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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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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I thank God for Closed Doors
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It’s not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you.
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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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