I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells… Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.
TYLER PERRYI look at the stories that Spike Lee tells… Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.
TYLER PERRYI’m not suspicious of success, I’m suspicious of the people who want to attach themselves because of your success.
TYLER PERRYWhat do you spend $200 million on, with a film? I can’t wrap my brain around that one.
TYLER PERRYWhat I have learned in this life is you can never be ashamed of where you come from.
TYLER PERRYWhat excites me? Had you asked me that question a few years ago, the answer would’ve rolled right off my tongue. Today, I think it’s moving and uplifting my audience. Having them get it and go with it. That excites me.
TYLER PERRYDeveloping 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 PERRYI got 27 people livin in my head and all of them was about to beat the heck out of you for doin that.
TYLER PERRYThere were certain areas in the country where I couldn’t go without being stopped and asked for autographs and pictures for years.
TYLER PERRYIt’s most important that you surround yourself with positivity always, and have it in your mind at all times.
TYLER PERRYThere’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.
TYLER PERRYI 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.
TYLER PERRYIt’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.
TYLER PERRYForgiveness is giving up the hope of what happened to you from being different.
TYLER PERRYStatistics say that I’m supposed to be in jail. And I’m not supposed to be alive.
TYLER PERRYLife 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.
TYLER PERRYOprah is very, very, very special to me. She’s an amazing woman.
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