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.
TYLER PERRYI 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.
TYLER PERRYI 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.
TYLER PERRYWhat I have learned in this life is you can never be ashamed of where you come from.
TYLER PERRYPeople say the truth hurts. Hell no, it hurts even more if you do a whole bunch of foolishness to try and avoid it.
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.
TYLER PERRYI 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.
TYLER PERRYWe don’t have to wait for people to green light our projects, we can create our own intersections.
TYLER PERRYI’m not suspicious of success, I’m suspicious of the people who want to attach themselves because of your success.
TYLER PERRYWhat do you spend $200 million on, with a film? I can’t wrap my brain around that one.
TYLER PERRYLife 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.
TYLER PERRYI think, you know, the people that have seen my work, I think it speaks to the possibility of getting better, and, I’m sorry, I’m still on the last caller.
TYLER PERRYDeveloping 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.
TYLER PERRYI got 27 people livin in my head and all of them was about to beat the heck out of you for doin that.
TYLER PERRYDon’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.
TYLER PERRYI 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.
TYLER PERRYOprah is very, very, very special to me. She’s an amazing woman.
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