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 PERRYYou 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.
More Tyler Perry Quotes
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A degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing.
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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 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.
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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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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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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.
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It’s a clear day Sonny, L A N D.
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Once you’re truly happy with yourself alone, that’s when you are safe to find the right person to spend the rest of your life with.
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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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God has put me in a really good position where I can make the choices to walk away if something is not right, so that way I can keep my integrity.
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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 think, you know, the people that have seen my work, I think it speaks to the possibility of getting better, and, I’m sorry, I’m still on the last caller.
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You can get a thousand no’s from people, and only one “yes” from God.
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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 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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