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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
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Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Emmitt Perry Jr.
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I am so proud to be from New Orleans and to be one of those people who had been displaced. I wasn't there during that time, but that's where I come from, that kind of poverty, and I'm very, very proud of that because it's given me my history.
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God has put me in a really good position where I can make the choices to walk away if something is not right, so that way I can keep my integrity.
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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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What I've never wanted to do was allow myself to be put in a box, so I've tried to do a lot of different things so this is a step in trying to do something different so we'll see how it goes. I'm under no illusions that this is slam-dunk. I did the best I could and that's all I can rely on.
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I have this huge, huge fan base of people who've never seen a Broadway show, but I think it's a great introduction to what Broadway is because my shows are not that. I think that if you're getting people to go to theater then somebody should be celebrating that.
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I'm not suspicious of success, I'm suspicious of the people who want to attach themselves because of your success.
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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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Focus on one thing, make it your priority, and stick with it no matter what!
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As far as the illusion of the fame, yes, I can definitely appreciate it.
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The important thing for me is, and what I'd like people to know is that, one particular genre does not make it whole. There are many, many different genres and if you ever gave it an opportunity open mindedly, I think you'd find some pretty interesting things there.
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My biggest success is getting over the things that have tried to destroy and take me out of this life. Those are my biggest successes. It has nothing to do with work.
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It's a dream realized to partner with Oprah and bring scripted programming to OWN. She has accomplished so much with the network, and I'm excited to work with her to be a part of its continued growth.
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There were only 3 people that I wanted to meet in life, Nelson Mandela was one of them. What a life, what a journey, what a man. Thank you for passing this way! God bless your resting soul!
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I was a very poor young black boy in New Orleans, just a face without a name, swimming in a sea of poverty trying to survive.
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What I've learned is you treat women right.
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I'm just enjoying my life.I suggest you try it.
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A degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing.
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I know I can only do as much as I can do... Although I have so many ideas of my own, I'm still very interested in helping to cultivate and encourage some promising new artists. But there are a lot of people and, unfortunately, a very small window.
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True love can come more than once.
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I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells... Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.
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