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I don't do divas. I don't do entourages. I don't do the Hollywood crap.

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Tyler Perry
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 14
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Showrunner
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Emmitt Perry Jr.
Entourage
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