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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
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
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Television Actor
New Orleans
Louisiana
Emmitt Perry Jr.
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The key to life when it gets tough is to keep moving. Just keep moving.
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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 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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He who has the gold makes the rules.
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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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A degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing.
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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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I'm not afraid to have a character say, 'I am a Christian,' or, 'I believe in God,' because I think they represent real people on this Earth.
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Rather than focus on your critics, focus on the people who are impacted by your work.
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We don't have to wait for people to green light our projects, we can create our own intersections.
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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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Seeing people laugh definitely inspires me, and so does seeing people get life lessons about living better.
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Forgiveness is giving up the hope of what happened to you from being different.
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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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As far as the illusion of the fame, yes, I can definitely appreciate it.
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It's so important to forgive people for their wrongs in your own life because every bit of it was for a reason-it was to form the person that you are.
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If you don't want my God here, you don't want me here either. God has been too good to me to go and try to sell out to get some money...
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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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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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