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.
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.
More Tyler Perry Quotes
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It’s a clear day Sonny, L A N D.
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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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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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It’s most important that you surround yourself with positivity always, and have it in your mind at all times.
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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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We don’t have to wait for people to green light our projects, we can create our own intersections.
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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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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’m not suspicious of success, I’m suspicious of the people who want to attach themselves because of your success.
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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 live my life outside of the box because when I die they’re going to put me into one!
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A degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing.
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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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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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