People Quotes by Tyler Perry

I'm not suspicious of success, I'm suspicious of the people who want to attach themselves because of your success.

— Tyler Perry

The question that a lot of people ask me all the time is how did you make it? The truth be told,…

— Tyler Perry

If you're black, you can't just be ordinary. All successful black people are extraordinary.

— Tyler Perry

Seeing people laugh definitely inspires me, and so does seeing people get life lessons about living better.

— Tyler Perry

I want a lot of people to see my movies. More black people. More white people. I want to make that connection.

— Tyler Perry

Rather than focus on your critics, focus on the people who are impacted by your work.

— Tyler Perry

I want to be remembered as a guy who inspired, encouraged and made people laugh.

— Tyler Perry

People see truth in my films. That's what they react to, and that's what they relate to.

— Tyler Perry

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

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

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

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

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

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'm not afraid to have a character say, 'I am a Christian,' or, 'I believe in God,' because I think they represent…

— Tyler Perry

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

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

Keep your dreams ALIVE. No matter how hard it gets, no matter how many people talk about you; they're going to throw…

— Tyler Perry

I know my audience, and they're not people that the studios know anything about.

— Tyler Perry

You will always fine jealous people.They're the ones promoting you.

— 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

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

— Tyler Perry

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

I got 27 people livin in my head and all of them was about to beat the heck out of you for…

— Tyler Perry

You can never be upset with the people who forced you into your dream or up higher.

— Tyler Perry

I don't think the dreams die - I think that people give up. I think it gets too hard.

— Tyler Perry

We don't have to wait for people to green light our projects, we can create our own intersections.

— Tyler Perry

You can get a thousand no's from people, and only one "yes" from God.

— Tyler Perry

I've never chased money. It's always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people.

— 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 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

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's so important to forgive people for their wrongs in your own life because every bit of it was for a reason-it…

— 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

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

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

I want an open dialogue. I want husbands and wives and people in relationships to walk out of the theater thinking, "Could…

— 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