Ever since I’ve been blessed with success, I’ve struggled a little with anonymity and even family. I’ve had people calling asking for money, and I have to ask them first, ‘Are you working? Have you been trying to help yourself?’ Then I feel like I can help.
TYLER PERRYI feel like I express myself, as an actor. Whatever the character is put in front of me, I try to bring truth to it, whichever way it lands. I try to bring as much truth to it and make it as believable as I can. I think that’s the job of an actor.
More Tyler Perry Quotes
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I got 27 people livin in my head and all of them was about to beat the heck out of you for doin that.
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…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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I thank God for Closed Doors
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Children love their mothers. Especially with a boy child and his mother, there’s a bond that’s unbreakable.
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I live my life outside of the box because when I die they’re going to put me into one!
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Music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion.
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I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells… Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.
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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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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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What I have learned in this life is you can never be ashamed of where you come from.
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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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What I’ve learned is you treat women right.
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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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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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We don’t have to wait for people to green light our projects, we can create our own intersections.
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