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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.

Tyler Perry

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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Choices Integrity Way
It’s most important that you surround yourself with positivity always, and have it in your mind at all times.
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Important Mind Positivity
It’s always been easier for me to have a costume to hide behind.
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Behnd Costume Esasier
We don’t have to wait for people to green light our projects, we can create our own intersections.
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Light People Waiting
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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People Sorry Thinking
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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Drag People Uniforms
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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Character Jobs Thinking
There’s nothing like real forgiveness, a deep-down forgiveness where you don’t hold any grudges against people. I forgave for the things they didn’t know and for the things they didn’t know to do.
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Deep Down Grudge People Real
My biggest success is getting over the things that have tried to destroy and take me out of this life. Those are my biggest successes. It has nothing to do with work.
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Biggest Life Take This Successes
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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Jobs Keys Summer
Forgiveness is giving up the hope of what happened to you from being different.
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Being Different Giving Happened
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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Blessed People Trying
What do you spend $200 million on, with a film? I can’t wrap my brain around that one.
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Brain Film Wraps
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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Paper Suppose Trying Writing
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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Causes Enough Mystery
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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Forgiveness Journey Powerful
There’s a huge demand for my entertainment, and I can’t meet the need. So I decided to try a TV show to reach as many of my fans as possible.
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Fans Shows Television Trying
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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Broadway Fans People Thinking
It’s a clear day Sonny, L A N D.
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Clear Day Land
Seeing people laugh definitely inspires me, and so does seeing people get life lessons about living better.
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Laughing Lesson Life People
Everyone can relate to love, hurt, pain, learning how to forgive, needing to get over, needing the power of God in their life.
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Hurt Learn Love Needing Pain
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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Caring People Thinking
People say the truth hurts. Hell no, it hurts even more if you do a whole bunch of foolishness to try and avoid it.
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Hurt People Trying
If you don’t want my God here, you don’t want me here either. God has been too good to me to go and try to sell out to get some money…
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Good Money Trying Want
I’ve never chased money. It’s always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people.
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Inspiration Inspire People
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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Certain Country Years
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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Boys New Orleans Swimming

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