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 PERRYIt’s always been easier for me to have a costume to hide behind.
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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 think every one of us, in life, have some sort of moment that has happened that we wish we could have done differently or that we wish could have had a different outcome.
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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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A degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing.
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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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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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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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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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I’ve never chased money. It’s always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people.
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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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A miniskirt shows just enough to cause some mystery. What these young women lack is mystery so the old women have to have it.
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What do you spend $200 million on, with a film? I can’t wrap my brain around that one.
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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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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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Everyone can relate to love, hurt, pain, learning how to forgive, needing to get over, needing the power of God in their life.
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