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Tyler Perry

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.
TYLER PERRY

Paper Suppose Trying Writing
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
Music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion.
TYLER PERRY

Emotion Helping Music
It’s most important that you surround yourself with positivity always, and have it in your mind at all times.
TYLER PERRY

Important Mind Positivity
Statistics say that I’m supposed to be in jail. And I’m not supposed to be alive.
TYLER PERRY

Alive Jail Statistics
Madea’ is a Southern term. It’s short for ‘mother dear.’ So there are a lot of Madeas out there.
TYLER PERRY

Mother Southern Term
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.
TYLER PERRY

Different People Underdog
I’m not suspicious of success, I’m suspicious of the people who want to attach themselves because of your success.
TYLER PERRY

People Want Suspicious
You will always fine jealous people.They’re the ones promoting you.
TYLER PERRY

Fine Jealous People
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.
TYLER PERRY

Being Just Knowing Peace
What do you spend $200 million on, with a film? I can’t wrap my brain around that one.
TYLER PERRY

Brain Film Wraps
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.
TYLER PERRY

Drag People Uniforms
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

Biggest Life Take This Successes
I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells… Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.
TYLER PERRY

Directors Looks Stories
You can get a thousand no’s from people, and only one “yes” from God.
TYLER PERRY

God Good People Thousand
A mother’s love is stronger than distance, more powerful than time and can transcend the grave.
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Distance Mother Powerful

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