I don’t think the dreams die – I think that people give up. I think it gets too hard.
TYLER PERRYIf you’ve ever watched anything that I do, and you completely give it a chance and take the blinders off, and you’ll understand that the underlying theme of everything I’ve done has been about forgiveness, learning to move on.
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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 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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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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There were certain areas in the country where I couldn’t go without being stopped and asked for autographs and pictures for years.
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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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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 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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What I have learned in this life is you can never be ashamed of where you come from.
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Music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion.
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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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Children love their mothers. Especially with a boy child and his mother, there’s a bond that’s unbreakable.
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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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You will always fine jealous people.They’re the ones promoting you.
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I’ve always wanted to work with Blair, and finally the timing was right. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him. I think he’s a hugely underrated actor in Hollywood.
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I think that people think when you have money that your problems go away and everything’s solved, and it’s great and wonderful. You’re a perfect human being.
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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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A mother’s love is stronger than distance, more powerful than time and can transcend the grave.
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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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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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I got 27 people livin in my head and all of them was about to beat the heck out of you for doin that.
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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.
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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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It’s always been easier for me to have a costume to hide behind.
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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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What I’ve learned is you treat women right.
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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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