Statistics say that I’m supposed to be in jail. And I’m not supposed to be alive.
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.
More Tyler Perry Quotes
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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 live my life outside of the box because when I die they’re going to put me into one!
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on.
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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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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’ve never chased money. It’s always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people.
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What I’ve learned is you treat women right.
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Seeing people laugh definitely inspires me, and so does seeing people get life lessons about living better.
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