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Everything that I talk about, pretty much, are things that I learned or understood over the years.

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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 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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I realized that here's a moment for me to learn so until I learn and understand more about how types of films are done - action, sci-fi - even though I have a desire to do it, I won't go into it until I'm very clear that I can do it and that moment hasn't come yet. Maybe one day I will ready, but for now, I just enjoyed playing the character.
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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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When it all comes down to it, life isn't about how much we get - it's about how much we share.
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When black women are down with you and in your corner, you have an ally that will move Heaven and Earth.
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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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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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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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The question that a lot of people ask me all the time is how did you make it? The truth be told, it was nothing but the grace of God.
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Statistics say that I'm supposed to be in jail. And I'm not supposed to be alive.
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I don't cook, so my favorite dish to prepare is something on the takeout menu.
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For as low as you go, ask God to take you that high.
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You can never be upset with the people who forced you into your dream or up higher.
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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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God gives everyone a lane and no one can beat you in your lane. Just stay focused on Him and what you are supposed to do. And everything will be alright.
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I haven't had a worst business decision, because I believe all things work together for good.
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It takes a week to do a sitcom in Hollywood. I do a show a day in my studio, three or four shows a week.
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You can get a thousand no's from people, and only one yes from God.
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I live my life outside of the box because when I die they're going to put me into one!
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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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