I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells… Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.
TYLER PERRYWhat do you spend $200 million on, with a film? I can’t wrap my brain around that one.
More Tyler Perry Quotes
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What excites me? Had you asked me that question a few years ago, the answer would’ve rolled right off my tongue. Today, I think it’s moving and uplifting my audience. Having them get it and go with it. That excites me.
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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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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 thank God for Closed Doors
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Life is so precious, such a gift, you have to live for you. Live your own truth, live the life that God has put you and nobody else on this Earth to live and not what somebody might be telling you to live.
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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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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 don’t think the dreams die – I think that people give up. I think it gets too hard.
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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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A degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing.
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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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It’s most important that you surround yourself with positivity always, and have it in your mind at all times.
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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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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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It’s always been easier for me to have a costume to hide behind.
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