Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry

"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 learn, and willing to try new things. Those are the people we need to reach. We have a responsibility as parents, older people, teachers, people in the neighborhood to recognize that."
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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 learn, and willing to try new things. Those are the people we need to reach. We have a responsibility as parents, older people, teachers, people in the neighborhood to recognize that."
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"What I've been able to do with my character, Madea, and the other characters, with the jokes, is use it as an anesthetic to get to the heart and soul of real issues. And what I've found on stage over the years is that, while making people laugh, I can drop in pearls of wisdom."
Tyler Perry
"I've never chased money. It's always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people."
Tyler Perry
"The heart of who I am as a person and as a man is forgiveness, after forgiving my father for a lot of things that were done when I was child."
Tyler Perry
"If you look at everything I do - even in 'Boo!' there's a message, and it's always 'faith, family, forgiveness.' That's the greatest gift that I've been given. I can get a message to the very people I grew up with, the millions who love what I do."
Tyler Perry
"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."
Tyler Perry
"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."
Tyler Perry
"I don't know about marriage as much as I do know that I'd be a great father."
Tyler Perry
"My mother was truly my saving grace, because she would take me to church with her. I would see my mother smiling in the choir, and I wanted to know this God that made her so happy. If I had not had that faith in my life, I don't know where I would be right now."
Tyler Perry
"Hollywood is finally waking up to the fact that people who go to church also go to the movies. I'm not sure what took them so long to see that or how long they'll keep it up."
Tyler Perry
"I want to own a network. I want to own a network where you can turn it on with your family all day long and get positive reinforcement."
Tyler Perry
"Very early on, when I started doing these plays and live shows, I would travel from city to city, and there were a million shows out there... so I wanted to step out among it, and I started putting my name above the title."
Tyler Perry
"I'm not sure why no one wants to admit there's a viable audience out there that believes in God and wants to see a movie with their family. The demand is there. The supply is not."
Tyler Perry
"Happiness for me is totally just being at peace knowing that, everything I'm doing, God is pleased with that. It's complete peace for me."
Tyler Perry
"Everyone can relate to love, hurt, pain, learning how to forgive, needing to get over, needing the power of God in their life."
Tyler Perry
"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."
Tyler Perry
"Developing a good work ethic is key. 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
"There are a lot of people who have dreams, goals, and hopes, but there aren't a lot who get to see them realized."
Tyler Perry
"I don't think the dreams die - I think that people give up. I think it gets too hard."
Tyler Perry
"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."
Tyler Perry
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