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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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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 feel like I express myself, as an actor. Whatever the character is put in front of me, I try to bring truth to it, whichever way it lands. I try to bring as much truth to it and make it as believable as I can. I think that's the job of an actor.
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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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Don't make a black woman take off her earrings.
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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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Forgiveness is important in families, especially when there are so many secrets that need to be healed - for the most part, every family's got them.
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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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Life is so precious, such a gift, you have to live for you. Live your own truth, live the life that God has put you and nobody else on this Earth to live and not what somebody might be telling you to live.
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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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I've never chased money. It's always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people.
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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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Growing up, there was always music around, whether across the street, or on the next-door neighbor's stereo. So, as in life, music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion. Music is amazing.
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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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I never thought of myself as a mogul, but it's really great to be in that position.
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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'm always on to something else. It's like, I'm sitting here now jotting down notes for something that's in my head. There's always something going on in my head, and I have to just keep executing.
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It's most important that you surround yourself with positivity always, and have it in your mind at all times.
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I know my audience, and they're not people that the studios know anything about.
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When you haven't forgiven those who've hurt you, you turn back against your future. When you do forgive, you start walking forward.
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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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...when you put on your shortest dress, please leave some mystery in it. That's the difference between a miniskirt and a ho-skirt. A ho-skirt shows your Frisbee. A miniskirt shows just enough to cause some mystery. What these young women lack is mystery.
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