Tyler Perry

The thing about using other people's money is they're going to set the rules.

— Tyler Perry

When you haven't forgiven those who've hurt you, you turn back against your future. When you do forgive, you start walking forward.

— Tyler Perry

There are a lot of people who have dreams, goals, and hopes, but there aren't a lot who get to see them…

— Tyler Perry

Forgiveness is important in families, especially when there are so many secrets that need to be healed - for the most part,…

— Tyler Perry

I didn't have a catharsis for my childhood pain, most of us don't, and until I learned how to forgive those people…

— Tyler Perry

It takes a week to do a sitcom in Hollywood. I do a show a day in my studio, three or four…

— Tyler Perry

My first show was called 'I Know I've Been Changed' in '92. I tried to do this show for years and years.…

— Tyler Perry

I don't want to just do movies to do movies. I want to do movies that inspire, motivate, and change lives. And…

— Tyler Perry

Madea is the reason that the saved and unsaved, believers or not, Muslim, Jews, everyone will come together to see this film.…

— Tyler Perry

I know I can only do as much as I can do... Although I have so many ideas of my own, I'm…

— Tyler Perry

There were only 3 people that I wanted to meet in life, Nelson Mandela was one of them. What a life, what…

— Tyler Perry

I'm very open to fresh talent, and I love the underdog, people who have been counted out, because they come in with…

— Tyler Perry

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…

— Tyler Perry

After Obama became president, I realized that black people could not have put him in the White House - it had to…

— Tyler Perry

“While the most dangerous person in the world is a person with nothing to lose, the most powerful person in the world…

— Tyler Perry

I get a lot of flack from critics that my comedies are all over the place, my dramas are all over the…

— Tyler Perry

If you are in business trying to make it, things are falling apart and you can’t get it together and you don’t…

— Tyler Perry

When a seed is planted in the ground, all you can do is water it and believe. That is what allowed me…

— Tyler Perry

I am so proud to be from New Orleans and to be one of those people who had been displaced. I wasn't…

— Tyler Perry

Growing up, there was always music around, whether across the street, or on the next-door neighbor's stereo. So, as in life, music…

— Tyler Perry

I didn't want to be the kind of man that my father was. So I've tried, my entire life, to be the…

— Tyler Perry

...when you put on your shortest dress, please leave some mystery in it. That's the difference between a miniskirt and a ho-skirt.…

— Tyler Perry

I wanted just for people to know that, no matter how simple your life is, if you have millions or you don't…

— Tyler Perry

I think there's something that happens at 40 where you settle into your own skin and you stop caring what people think…

— Tyler Perry

There was our house in New Orleans. Two blocks in front of us were these beautiful mansions and two blocks behind us…

— Tyler Perry

I know that there are a lot of people out there with stories far worse than mine but you, too, can make…

— Tyler Perry

I have this huge, huge fan base of people who've never seen a Broadway show, but I think it's a great introduction…

— Tyler Perry

I think that people think when you have money that your problems go away and everything's solved, and it's great and wonderful.…

— Tyler Perry

I've always wanted to work with Blair, and finally the timing was right. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him.…

— Tyler Perry

I tell people, if you're thinking about suicide, all that stuff I've attempted and thought about it. If you think about it,…

— Tyler Perry

Lionsgate is my family, the home for all my movies and videos...and they've given me exactly what you want in a home:…

— Tyler Perry

What excites me? Had you asked me that question a few years ago, the answer would’ve rolled right off my tongue. Today,…

— Tyler Perry

God gives everyone a lane and no one can beat you in your lane. Just stay focused on Him and what you…

— Tyler Perry

You put some Vaseline under your eyes at night and under your chin, and you put a little bit on your chest…

— Tyler Perry