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I know my audience, and they're not people that the studios know anything about.

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Tyler Perry
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 14
Actor
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Emmitt Perry Jr.
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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.
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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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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.
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The question that a lot of people ask me all the time is how did you make it? The truth be told, it was nothing but the grace of God.
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What excites me? Had you asked me that question a few years ago, the answer would’ve rolled right off my tongue. Today, I think it's moving and uplifting my audience. Having them get it and go with it. That excites me.
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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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...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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You let your past destroy you, or you use it to create something better
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You can get a thousand no's from people, and only one yes from God.
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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.
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You know, people don't want their intelligence insulted. They don't want to be preached to. They don't want to be degraded. All they want to do is sit, laugh, have a good time, love one another, forget about what's going on in the world, and find something out so they can be useful in this life. Do this and you have common sense.
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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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I try not to take on the weight or the burden of it. Once it's on the paper, I try to leave it, because I want to surrender to what I'm supposed to write about.
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Don't wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.
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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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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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Seeing people laugh definitely inspires me, and so does seeing people get life lessons about living better.
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You can't build your life around hurts from the past -Tyler Perry The Family That Preys
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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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There's nothing like real forgiveness, a deep-down forgiveness where you don't hold any grudges against people. I forgave for the things they didn't know and for the things they didn't know to do.
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