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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.

Tyler Perry

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 PERRY

Boys New Orleans Swimming
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
Statistics say that I’m supposed to be in jail. And I’m not supposed to be alive.
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Alive Jail Statistics
…when you put on your shortest dress, please leave some mystery in it. That’s the difference between a miniskirt and a ho-skirt. A ho-skirt shows your Frisbee. A miniskirt shows just enough to cause some mystery. What these young women lack is mystery.
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Causes Differences Dresses
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
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
What I’ve learned is you treat women right.
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Learned Treats Women Rights
Oprah is very, very, very special to me. She’s an amazing woman.
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Amazing Special Woman
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.
TYLER PERRY

Jobs Keys Summer
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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Different People Underdog
It’s always been easier for me to have a costume to hide behind.
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Behnd Costume Esasier
Don’t wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.
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Dope Light Waiting
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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Human People Perfect Thinking
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
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 look at the stories that Spike Lee tells… Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.
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Directors Looks Stories

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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