We don’t have to wait for people to green light our projects, we can create our own intersections.
TYLER PERRYMadea’ is a Southern term. It’s short for ‘mother dear.’ So there are a lot of Madeas out there.
More Tyler Perry Quotes
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Happiness for me is totally just being at peace knowing that, everything I’m doing, God is pleased with that. It’s complete peace for me.
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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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I live my life outside of the box because when I die they’re going to put me into one!
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You know, people at Wal-Mart are standing there with their uniforms on. I feel like I’m putting on a uniform to do a movie. I don’t feel like it’s dressing in drag.
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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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…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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You can get a thousand no’s from people, and only one “yes” from God.
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Forgiveness is giving up the hope of what happened to you from being different.
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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.
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I’ve never chased money. It’s always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people.
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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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The important thing for me is, and what I’d like people to know is that, one particular genre does not make it whole. There are many, many different genres and if you ever gave it an opportunity open mindedly, I think you’d find some pretty interesting things there.
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Music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion.
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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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Once you’re truly happy with yourself alone, that’s when you are safe to find the right person to spend the rest of your life with.
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