Madea’ is a Southern term. It’s short for ‘mother dear.’ So there are a lot of Madeas out there.
TYLER PERRYThere 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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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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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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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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What I have learned in this life is you can never be ashamed of where you come from.
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You can get a thousand no’s from people, and only one “yes” from God.
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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 thank God for Closed Doors
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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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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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Forgiveness is giving up the hope of what happened to you from being different.
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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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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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I 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.
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I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells… Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.
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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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