Quotes by Tyler Perry

About Tyler Perry:

Tyler Perry is an American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, producer, author, and songwriter, specializing in the gospel genre. Perry wrote and produced many stage plays during the 1990s and early 2000s. In 2011, Forbes named him the highest paid man in entertainment; he earned US$130 million between May 2010 and 2011.
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Oprah is very, very, very special to me. She's an amazing woman.

Tyler Perry

I didn't want to be the kind of man that my father was. So I've tried, my entire life, to be the complete and utter opposite of that. And it has served not only the art well, but I think the audience well.

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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 thro...

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What I've found about it is that there are some folks you can talk to until you're blue in the face--they're never going to get it and they're never going to change. But every once in a while, you'll run into someone who is eager to listen, eager to ...

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My friend Madea has "attitude" that comes with wisdom. Back in our teens and twenties, we thought we knew everything and made all those foolish mistakes. Then, when we got a little older, at thirty, we started getting these flashes of light, revelati...

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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 myst...

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You can never be upset with the people who forced you into your dream or up higher.

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I think it's important to show a husband and a wife together, in a room, raising children, because you don't see that anymore.

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I get a lot of flack from critics that my comedies are all over the place, my dramas are all over the place, they're schizophrenic - as if I don't know that!

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Statistics say that I'm supposed to be in jail. And I'm not supposed to be alive.

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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.

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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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My mother wasn't strong like my aunt. She was just very passive.

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You close the door on me and tell me I can't, I'm gonna find a way to get in.

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There's a huge demand for my entertainment, and I can't meet the need. So I decided to try a TV show to reach as many of my fans as possible.

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He who has the gold makes the rules.

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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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I feel like I died as a child.

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I'm not an artist. I set the camera up and tell my story.

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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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Author Bio

  • NameTyler Perry
  • DescriptionAmerican actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, producer, author, and songwriter
  • BornSeptember 13, 1969
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Film Director; Screenwriter; Playwright; Film Producer; Songwriter; Novelist; Television Director