People see truth in my films. That's what they react to, and that's what they relate to. — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
I want to be remembered as a guy who inspired, encouraged and made people laugh. — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
Rather than focus on your critics, focus on the people who are impacted by your work. — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
I want a lot of people to see my movies. More black people. More white people. I want to make that connection. — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
Seeing people laugh definitely inspires me, and so does seeing people get life lessons about living better. — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
I'm not suspicious of success, I'm suspicious of the people who want to attach themselves because of your success. — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
If you're black, you can't just be ordinary. All successful black people are extraordinary. — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
The question that a lot of people ask me all the time is how did you make it? The truth be told,… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
Tyler Perry's brand is faith, family and this whole thing that I've built, while my company, 34th Street Films, is like Disney's… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
There's nothing like real forgiveness, a deep-down forgiveness where you don't hold any grudges against people. I forgave everybody for the things… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
I'm good at giving up control to people who know where they're going and what they want to do. I can sit… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
Hollywood is finally waking up to the fact that people who go to church also go to the movies. I'm not sure… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
If you're black, you can't just be ordinary. All successful black people are extraordinary. If you are tremendously successful, and you're black,… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There were only 3 people that I wanted to meet in life, Nelson Mandela was one of them. What a life, what… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
What I've found about it is that there are some folks you can talk to until you're blue in the face--they're never… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
You know, people don't want their intelligence insulted. They don't want to be preached to. They don't want to be degraded. All… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
You can never be upset with the people who forced you into your dream or up higher. — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
I got 27 people livin in my head and all of them was about to beat the heck out of you for… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
I've never chased money. It's always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people. — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
We don't have to wait for people to green light our projects, we can create our own intersections. — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
The thing about using other people's money is they're going to set the rules. — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I know my audience, and they're not people that the studios know anything about. — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
It's not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
I want an open dialogue. I want husbands and wives and people in relationships to walk out of the theater thinking, "Could… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
I think, you know, the people that have seen my work, I think it speaks to the possibility of getting better, and,… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
You know, people at Wal-Mart are standing there with their uniforms on. I feel like I'm putting on a uniform to do… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
The important thing for me is, and what I'd like people to know is that, one particular genre does not make it… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I'm not afraid to have a character say, 'I am a Christian,' or, 'I believe in God,' because I think they represent… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
I know that there are a lot of people out there with stories far worse than mine but you, too, can make… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
After Obama became president, I realized that black people could not have put him in the White House - it had to… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
'Madea' is a Southern term. It's short for 'mother dear.' So there are a lot of Madeas out there. — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
When black women are down with you and in your corner, you have an ally that will move Heaven and Earth. — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
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… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
I was watching the Oprah show one day and she said that it's cathartic to write things down, so I started writing down the… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
I've been doing television with TBS for quite some time, and it's been a great journey. — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
You know, people don't want their intelligence insulted. They don't want to be preached to. They don't want to be degraded. All they want… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
I remember being a kid and praying in the hell of my house to have somebody love me and somebody that I could love. — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
I totally give credit to God for all of this stuff, because if I had tried to make these things happen, I couldn't have.… — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
What I know about me is that, in order to lead, you also have to know how to follow. — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
I haven't had a worst business decision, because I believe all things work together for good. — Tyler Perry Copy Share Image
