Top 100 Quotes About Tyler Perry
#1. Working with Tyler Perry has been a wonderful experience. Everything he touches turns to gold, it seems like.
Lance Gross
#2. Tyler Perry's 'Madea Goes to Jail!' Which, I have to tell you, of everything that I've ever done in my career, that's the only thing that's perked up the ears of my nieces and nephews. That is it, that's done it for them. That made me a bona fide star in their eyes!
Viola Davis
#3. You can't build your life around hurts from the past -Tyler Perry The Family That Preys
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#4. On Disney, we stick to the script. But you go to the 'Grown Ups set' and it's completely different. Same thing with Tyler Perry - it's nothing but ad-libbing.
China Anne McClain
#5. We still have to create things for African American women. Just like Tyler Perry is doing it, we can't wait for things to happen; you have to go and make and create roles and go to people.
Kym Whitley
#6. I went from off-off Broadway. I would direct plays in Baldwin Hills. Almost Tyler Perry-like, really trying to express myself in that and not really knowing how to, knowing acting in story, but not really knowing how to technically hold a camera.
Lee Daniels
#7. I met Tyler Perry and we did 'House of Payne' and a movie. We've done a couple other films since then, but it all boils down to the work. I'm a work-a-holic, which is why I think that I've been successful. If you tell me no, I'll work even harder!
Lance Gross
#8. I'm very familiar with Tyler Perry.
Chris Pine
#9. I'm not Tyler Perry. I'm not Dino De Laurentis. I think it's a bit much to put one's name in front of the film. It makes me uncomfortable.
Lee Daniels
#10. Tyler Perry's brand is faith, family and this whole thing that I've built, while my company, 34th Street Films, is like Disney's Touchstone. We can do anything. People don't know what to expect from me yet.
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#11. You can,t make yourself happy by causing other peoples misery -Tyler Perry The Family That Preys
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#12. Are You Living or Just Existing? -Tyler Perry The Family That Preys
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#13. Every black film feels like it's Tyler Perry, and that just needs to stop. But people seem to slowly be looking for what else is out there - 'Is there something else besides this type of humor?' 'I'm tired of seeing men in dresses.'
Issa Rae
#14. I identified with white culture, and I wanted to fit in. I didn't identify with black culture. Like, I didn't like Tyler Perry movies, and I wasn't into hip-hop music. I liked Neil Young.
Zoe Kravitz
#15. There are still plenty of movie people peddling black stereotypes. I guess Tyler Perry's probably the most massively successful.
Paul Mooney
#16. People know Tyler Perry, and there are standards they've come to expect from him. His brand is uplifting, and it's something a lot of inner-city African-Americans can relate to.
Michael Jai White
#17. African American women in particular have incredible buying power. Statistically, we go to the movies more than anyone. We have made Tyler Perry's career. His films open with $25 million almost consistently.
Lynn Nottage
#18. One day, my twin sister Sidra and I pranked Tyler Perry on the set of 'For Better or Worse.' I made her dress up as me and do a scene as if she were my character Angela. Tyler says, 'Action!' and my sister starts acting. It was horrible.
Tasha Smith
#19. I'd love to get into one of Tyler Perry's movies - play a little role, have a little character. I don't care. But more than two lines! More than two words!
Sharon Jones
#20. Keep your dreams ALIVE. No matter how hard it gets, no matter how many people talk about you; they're going to throw dirt on you but that's alright, when they put you in that box (after your dead), they're going to put dirt on you some more, so that's okay - GO, don't be afraid, have NO FEAR.
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#21. You need to know that you can't honor God when you're chained to the voice and opinions of man.
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#22. Music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion.
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#23. My mother wasn't strong like my aunt. She was just very passive.
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#24. What excites me? I think it's moving and uplifting my audience. Having them get it and go with it. That excites me.
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#25. If you lie to yourself you will lie to God too.
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#26. I think there's something that happens at 40 where you settle into your own skin and you stop caring what people think - you realize life is a gift from God and you want to live it to the fullest.
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#27. I don't think the dreams die - I think that people give up. I think it gets too hard.
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#28. There were only 3 people that I wanted to meet in life, Nelson Mandela was one of them. What a life, what a journey, what a man. Thank you for passing this way! God bless your resting soul!
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#29. If you are in business trying to make it, things are falling apart and you can't get it together and you don't know what is going on and you wanna stop. Don't stop. The only way you can make it and have true success in your life. And there's one way. You can't have any fear.
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#30. I work three months really hard, nonstop, and then I take a month off. Then I do it all over again. I work hard but I give myself four breaks a year.
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#31. I had one request when I started doing the plays. My prayer was: God let me do well enough to be able to take care of my mother. I was able to do that 'til the day she died because of my audience. So, they've already done enough. All I ask for now is their continued support.
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#32. I don't know about marriage as much as I do know that I'd be a great father.
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#33. Teach but never try to change people because sometimes they change back.
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#34. Flying radio-controlled airplanes is the only time where I am able to focus and concentrate on nothing but looking up. Only God would give me a hobby where I'm looking up to the sky. It's a fascinating hobby.
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#36. It doesn't matter if a million people tell you what you can't do, or if ten million tell you no. If you get one yes from God that's all you need.
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#37. Don't wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.
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#38. If you're black, you can't just be ordinary. All successful black people are extraordinary.
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#39. 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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#40. It'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.
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#41. I want a lot of people to see my movies. More black people. More white people. I want to make that connection.
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#42. 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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#43. Statistics say that I'm supposed to be in jail. And I'm not supposed to be alive.
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#44. We are all allowed to support whoever we'd like to in this country. That's the greatest part about being an American - one of them, that is; you know what I mean?
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#46. Heartbreak can make you hard! But don't let it make you bitter.
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#47. A hunter only shoots a deer he can see, if you ain't being seen you ain't doing nothing!
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#48. Be careful what you say, life and death truly are in your own words.
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#49. I am so proud to be from New Orleans and to be one of those people who had been displaced. I wasn't there during that time, but that's where I come from, that kind of poverty, and I'm very, very proud of that because it's given me my history.
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#50. I didn't have a catharsis for my childhood pain, most of us don't, and until I learned how to forgive those people and let it go, I was unhappy.
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#52. Don't believe the hype. I don't care how many number ones you have at the box office, I don't care how much they say you're great, don't believe it. Just stay in your lane and do what you're supposed to do.
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#53. All my life I've tried to hide my height. I was taller than everybody else and stood out, so I would slouch and try to hide it.
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#54. When black women are down with you and in your corner, you have an ally that will move Heaven and Earth.
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#55. 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.
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#56. You put some Vaseline under your eyes at night and under your chin, and you put a little bit on your chest and you'll avoid stretch marks and I'll get you some Vaseline, you can change your oil and fry chicken with it, too, but you best make sure you have something.
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#57. I never thought of myself as a mogul, but it's really great to be in that position.
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#58. 'Madea' is a Southern term. It's short for 'mother dear.' So there are a lot of Madeas out there.
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#59. The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on.
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#60. The dream will outlive the dreamer so dream big.
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#61. 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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#62. I have this huge, huge fan base of people who've never seen a Broadway show, but I think it's a great introduction to what Broadway is because my shows are not that. I think that if you're getting people to go to theater then somebody should be celebrating that.
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#63. I've never chased money. It's always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people.
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#65. Don't share your dreams with everyone and don't be angry with non-dreamers.
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#66. Share wisdom with those who will receive it.
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#69. There was our house in New Orleans. Two blocks in front of us were these beautiful mansions and two blocks behind us were the ghetto, projects, and that's where I had to go to school, but I would always pattern my life looking forward. It was almost literal.
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#70. It ain't what people call you. It's what you answer to.
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#71. I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells ... Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.
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#72. In that day, we didn't have no remote controls and vacuum cleaners. If you wanted all that stuff you had children!
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#73. Life is short but heartache is shorter
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#74. 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.
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#75. 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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#76. As I experience life and go through things, that's what I write about.
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#77. What rings true is that everything we grow through in life will work out for our good.
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#78. A mother's love is stronger than distance, more powerful than time and can transcend the grave.
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#79. 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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#80. Growing up, there was always music around, whether across the street, or on the next-door neighbor's stereo. So, as in life, music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion. Music is amazing.
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#81. I'm always on to something else. It's like, I'm sitting here now jotting down notes for something that's in my head. There's always something going on in my head, and I have to just keep executing.
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#82. It's a dream realized to partner with Oprah and bring scripted programming to OWN. She has accomplished so much with the network, and I'm excited to work with her to be a part of its continued growth.
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#83. I think that with everything I've done, in the end, whoever the central character is, they would find a way to forgive, because that's really important to me.
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#84. The Bible says that all things work together for the good of those who love the Lord and are called according to his purpose. I believe that. Because I've seen it all work.
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#85. I've been doing television with TBS for quite some time, and it's been a great journey.
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#86. Forgiveness is important in families, especially when there are so many secrets that need to be healed - for the most part, every family's got them.
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#87. Tyler. "We should cover that tune. Whose original is this?" "What the fuck are you talking about, Steven?" I said. "That's us." "Is it?" he asked. "Hell yes, it is." "Where was I?" "In the booth, singing.
Joe Perry
#88. 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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#89. 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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#91. Don't let people change who you are just be who you are with someone else.
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#92. 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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#93. I don't cook, so my favorite dish to prepare is something on the takeout menu.
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#94. My father who was there in the house, he wasn't at all a role model. And my mother, who was trying to protect me from him as best she could, she took me everywhere with her, which gave me a tremendous amount of sensitivity to the things women go through.
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#95. We don't have to wait for people to green light our projects, we can create our own intersections.
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#96. I'm just enjoying my life.I suggest you try it.
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#97. God will really make your enemy your footstool
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#98. What I have learned in this life is you can never be ashamed of where you come from.
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#99. What do you spend $200 million on, with a film? I can't wrap my brain around that one.
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#100. 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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