There were certain areas in the country where I couldn’t go without being stopped and asked for autographs and pictures for years.
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
-
-
Music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion.
TYLER PERRY -
I’m not suspicious of success, I’m suspicious of the people who want to attach themselves because of your success.
TYLER PERRY -
Life 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 PERRY -
Developing 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 PERRY -
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.
TYLER PERRY -
The important thing for me is, and what I’d like people to know is that, one particular genre does not make it whole. There are many, many different genres and if you ever gave it an opportunity open mindedly, I think you’d find some pretty interesting things there.
TYLER PERRY -
Forgiveness is giving up the hope of what happened to you from being different.
TYLER PERRY -
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.
TYLER PERRY -
A degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing.
TYLER PERRY -
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.
TYLER PERRY -
It’s most important that you surround yourself with positivity always, and have it in your mind at all times.
TYLER PERRY -
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 -
If you’ve ever watched anything that I do, and you completely give it a chance and take the blinders off, and you’ll understand that the underlying theme of everything I’ve done has been about forgiveness, learning to move on.
TYLER PERRY -
I 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.
TYLER PERRY -
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 PERRY






