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I'm very open to fresh talent, and I love the underdog, people who have been counted out, because they come in with a different type of hunger. I'm all for the underdog, so I'd like to talk to anybody who shows up with that sort of thirst.

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Tyler Perry
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 14
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Emmitt Perry Jr.
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You let your past destroy you, or you use it to create something better
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Oprah is very, very, very special to me. She's an amazing woman.
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Don't believe the hype. I don't care how many number ones you have at the box office, I don't care how much they say you're great, don't believe it. Just stay in your lane and do what you're supposed to do.
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I'm a child who was abused. I know the difference. I clearly know the difference. The whipping for correction and then their child abuse.
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