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I want an open dialogue. I want husbands and wives and people in relationships to walk out of the theater thinking, Could this happen to me? I know I'm being tempted.

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Tyler Perry
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 14
Actor
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Screenwriter
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Emmitt Perry Jr.
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