Tyler Perry Quotes

He who has the gold makes the rules.

I've always wanted to work with Blair, and finally the timing was right. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him. I think he's a hugely underrated actor in Hollywood.

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

What I have learned in this life is you can never be ashamed of where you come from.

Forgiveness is important in families, especially when there are so many secrets that need to be healed - for the most part, every family's got them.

I think it's important to show a husband and a wife together, in a room, raising children, because you don't see that anymore.

I get a lot of flack from critics that my comedies are all over the place, my dramas are all over the place, they're schizophrenic - as if I don't know that!

It's always been easier for me to have a costume to hide behind.

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

we didn't have much, but we had love.

What rings true is that everything we grow through in life will work out for our good.

All my life I've tried to hide my height. I was taller than everybody else and stood out, so I would slouch and try to hide it.

I thank God for Closed Doors

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

I'm not afraid to have a character say, 'I am a Christian,' or, 'I believe in God,' because I think they represent real people on this Earth.

For as low as you go, ask God to take you that high.

Everyone can relate to love, hurt, pain, learning how to forgive, needing to get over, needing the power of God in their life.

I'm not sure why no one wants to admit there's a viable audience out there that believes in God and wants to see a movie with their family. The demand is there. The supply is not.

I want to own a network. I want to own a network where you can turn it on with your family all day long and get positive reinforcement.

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 them so long to see that or how long they'll keep it up.

You need to know that you can't honor God when you're chained to the voice and opinions of man.

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.

I don't do divas. I don't do entourages. I don't do the Hollywood crap.

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

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 always something going on in my head, and I have to just keep executing.

A degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing.

I put a thong on a few months ago trying to be sexy. I've been looking for it but ain't seen it since.

As far as the illusion of the fame, yes, I can definitely appreciate it.

What do you spend $200 million on, with a film? I can't wrap my brain around that one.

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.

My mother wasn't strong like my aunt. She was just very passive.

I think there's something that happens at 40 where you settle into your own skin and you stop caring what people think - you realize life is a gift from God and you want to live it to the fullest.

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

I think we are born into what we're supposed to learn and find out in this life.

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.

I know that my audience is largely women, so what I try to do a lot of times is address their issues.

A miniskirt shows just enough to cause some mystery. What these young women lack is mystery so the old women have to have it.

I've been pretty transparent with all that I've done. I think my work speaks a lot for who I am. So, I don't think there's a particular thing I'd like them to know.

When I have absolutely nothing to do, and I find myself in the middle of all of it going, "Wow!" When nothing's going on, that's when I get to stop and really appreciate the journey.

I think, you know, the people that have seen my work, I think it speaks to the possibility of getting better, and, I'm sorry, I'm still on the last caller.

What I've learned is you treat women right.

There were certain areas in the country where I couldn't go without being stopped and asked for autographs and pictures for years.

I think that people think when you have money that your problems go away and everything's solved, and it's great and wonderful. You're a perfect human being.

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

I don't cook, so my favorite dish to prepare is something on the takeout menu.

I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells... Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.

I know that there are a lot of people out there with stories far worse than mine but you, too, can make it. To those of you who have, welcome to life. I celebrate you.

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

There will be rough nights but joy really does come in the morning.

Are You Living or Just Existing?" -Tyler Perry The Family That Preys