What do you spend $200 million on, with a film? I can’t wrap my brain around that one.
TYLER PERRYYou 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.
More Tyler Perry Quotes
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The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on.
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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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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’m not suspicious of success, I’m suspicious of the people who want to attach themselves because of your success.
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It’s always been easier for me to have a costume to hide behind.
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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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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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I 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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You can get a thousand no’s from people, and only one “yes” from God.
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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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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’ve never chased money. It’s always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people.
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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 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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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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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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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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A degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing.
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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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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 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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You will always fine jealous people.They’re the ones promoting you.
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I think every one of us, in life, have some sort of moment that has happened that we wish we could have done differently or that we wish could have had a different outcome.
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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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Don’t wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.
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