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If you're black, you can't just be ordinary. All successful black people are extraordinary.

Tyler Perry

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Tyler Perry
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 14
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Showrunner
Songwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
New Orleans
Louisiana
Emmitt Perry Jr.
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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'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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Happiness for me is totally just being at peace knowing that, everything I'm doing, God is pleased with that. It's complete peace for me.
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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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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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We don't have to wait for people to green light our projects, we can create our own intersections.
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People say the truth hurts. Hell no, it hurts even more if you do a whole bunch of foolishness to try and avoid it.
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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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Oprah is very, very, very special to me. She's an amazing woman.
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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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I thank God for Closed Doors
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Once you're truly happy with yourself alone, that's when you are safe to find the right person to spend the rest of your life with.
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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 know that my audience is largely women, so what I try to do a lot of times is address their issues.
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I got 27 people livin in my head and all of them was about to beat the heck out of you for doin that.
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I tell people, if you're thinking about suicide, all that stuff I've attempted and thought about it. If you think about it, life gets better. The key to life when it gets tough is to keep moving. Just keep moving.
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What I've learned is you treat women right.
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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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Seeing people laugh definitely inspires me, and so does seeing people get life lessons about living better.
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