Statistics say that I’m supposed to be in jail. And I’m not supposed to be alive.
TYLER PERRYI’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.
More Tyler Perry Quotes
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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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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 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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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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Children love their mothers. Especially with a boy child and his mother, there’s a bond that’s unbreakable.
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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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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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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 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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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 look at the stories that Spike Lee tells… Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.
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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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If 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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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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