I live my life outside of the box because when I die they’re going to put me into one!
TYLER PERRYThe 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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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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Life is so precious, such a gift, you have to live for you. Live your own truth, live the life that God has put you and nobody else on this Earth to live and not what somebody might be telling you to live.
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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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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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We don’t have to wait for people to green light our projects, we can create our own intersections.
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Madea’ is a Southern term. It’s short for ‘mother dear.’ So there are a lot of Madeas out there.
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I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells… Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.
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Don’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.
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I love to see a woman in high-heeled shoes. There’s something about the curve of the feet up the leg to the butt that’s really, really wonderful, and the right pair of shoes can give you the right silhouette.
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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 don’t think the dreams die – I think that people give up. I think it gets too hard.
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A degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing.
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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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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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