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“I have no quotes, I asked Tyler Perry for a job as a caterer for one of his movies, I think that he should consider me to work on one of his movies, I am a New Orleanian and would love the chance to make it in this industry, like he did.”

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'Madea' is a Southern term. It's short for 'mother dear.' So there are a lot of Madeas out there.

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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 was watching the Oprah show one day and she said that it's cathartic to write things down, so I started writing down the stuff that was happening to me. I started using different characters' names, because if someone had found my journal, I didn't want them to know I had been through that kind of stuff. That's how my…

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I've been doing television with TBS for quite some time, and it's been a great journey.

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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…

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I remember being a kid and praying in the hell of my house to have somebody love me and somebody that I could love.

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“Yes, God is real.”

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It's a clear day Sonny, L A N D.

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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. To have all these things happen has been absolutely amazing. The road that I'm on is a path that I didn't choose. It chose me. I'm just trying to walk it, and to do the best…

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What I know about me is that, in order to lead, you also have to know how to follow.

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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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I met Tyler Perry and we did 'House of Payne' and a movie. We've done a couple other films since then, but it all…

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I think someone like Khandi Alexander, who's now on 'Treme,' is one of the most extraordinary actresses I've seen in years. But she's dependent…

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I'm very familiar with Tyler Perry.

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African American women in particular have incredible buying power. Statistically, we go to the movies more than anyone. We have made Tyler Perrys career.…

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[Tyler Perry] has the luxury of not doing the political stuff, which is really where I want to be as a company.

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I don't know what would be antithetical to do on the other side, maybe a Tyler Perry movie or something. No, there are very few comedies that live in between that. Or you're doing some kid thing like a Jim Carrey movie with animated something that's like that. Yeah, I've wanted to do them. I like doing them. I did…

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Tyler Perry's movies can double what they do domestically with the right plan for selling them around the world.

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I don't mind that if I ever star in movies, they'll likely be mine. That's okay, because my great role models - Woody Allen, even Tyler Perry, who is actually one of my role models, even if that seems kind of strange - they do that themselves. And it's great. They build empires, and they're known as having their own…

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People know Tyler Perry, and there are standards they've come to expect from him. His brand is uplifting, and it's something a lot of inner-city African-Americans can relate to.

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