Madea’ is a Southern term. It’s short for ‘mother dear.’ So there are a lot of Madeas out there.
TYLER PERRYI was a very poor young black boy in New Orleans, just a face without a name, swimming in a sea of poverty trying to survive.
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I love to see a woman in high-heeled shoes. There’s something about the curve of the feet up the leg to the butt that’s really, really wonderful, and the right pair of shoes can give you the right silhouette.
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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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What I have learned in this life is you can never be ashamed of where you come from.
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Don’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.
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There’s nothing like real forgiveness, a deep-down forgiveness where you don’t hold any grudges against people. I forgave for the things they didn’t know and for the things they didn’t know to do.
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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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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 I’ve learned is you treat women right.
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You will always fine jealous people.They’re the ones promoting you.
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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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What do you spend $200 million on, with a film? I can’t wrap my brain around that one.
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Music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion.
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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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Oprah is very, very, very special to me. She’s an amazing woman.
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I thank God for Closed Doors
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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 look at the stories that Spike Lee tells… Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.
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You can get a thousand no’s from people, and only one “yes” from God.
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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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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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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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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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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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Everyone can relate to love, hurt, pain, learning how to forgive, needing to get over, needing the power of God in their life.
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We don’t have to wait for people to green light our projects, we can create our own intersections.
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Don’t wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.
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