Latest Tyler Perry Quotes from Interviews

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• I realized that here's a moment for me to learn so until I learn and understand more about how types of films are done - action, sci-fi - even though I have a desire to do it, I won't go into it until I'm very clear that I can do it and that moment hasn't come yet. Maybe one day I will ready, but for now, I just enjoyed playing the character.

  Tyler Perry

  Character, Desire, One Day

  Source: www.lasplash.com

• I've been doing television for quite some time, so Oprah Winfrey and I thought it was a great idea to partner up. I am going to buy my own network and I thought it was a great opportunity for both of us. It's a win-win because I get the opportunity to give her what she needs, which is programming, and at the same time, I get to learn how to run a network.

  Tyler Perry

  Running, Opportunity, Giving

  Source: www.lasplash.com

• I'm good at giving up control to people who know where they're going and what they want to do. I can sit in the back of a car and ride cross-country if you know where you're going and you know how to take me there.

  Tyler Perry

  Giving Up, People, Giving

  Source: www.lasplash.com

• What I've never wanted to do was allow myself to be put in a box, so I've tried to do a lot of different things so this is a step in trying to do something different so we'll see how it goes. I'm under no illusions that this is slam-dunk. I did the best I could and that's all I can rely on.

  Tyler Perry

  Trying, Different, Illusion

  Source: www.lasplash.com

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

  Tyler Perry

  Source: www.lasplash.com

• 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.

  Tyler Perry

  Children, Differences, Abuse

  "Tyler Perry, Taking Madea from Stage to Page". "Talk of the Nation" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 12, 2006.

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

  Tyler Perry

  Thinking, Born, This Life

  "Tyler Perry, Taking Madea from Stage to Page". "Talk of the Nation" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 12, 2006.

• I am so proud to be from New Orleans and to be one of those people who had been displaced. I wasn't there during that time, but that's where I come from, that kind of poverty, and I'm very, very proud of that because it's given me my history.

  Tyler Perry

  New Orleans, People, Proud

  "Tyler Perry, Taking Madea from Stage to Page". "Talk of the Nation" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 12, 2006.

• The important thing for me is, and what I'd like people to know is that, one particular genre does not make it whole. There are many, many different genres and if you ever gave it an opportunity open mindedly, I think you'd find some pretty interesting things there.

  Tyler Perry

  Opportunity, Thinking, People

  "Tyler Perry, Taking Madea from Stage to Page". "Talk of the Nation" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 12, 2006.

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

  Tyler Perry

  Yes I Can, Appreciate, Illusion

  "Tyler Perry, Taking Madea from Stage to Page". "Talk of the Nation" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 12, 2006.

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

  Tyler Perry

  Country, Years, Certain

  "Tyler Perry, Taking Madea from Stage to Page". "Talk of the Nation" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 12, 2006.

• There was our house in New Orleans. Two blocks in front of us were these beautiful mansions and two blocks behind us were the ghetto, projects, and that's where I had to go to school, but I would always pattern my life looking forward. It was almost literal.

  Tyler Perry

  Beautiful, Block, School

  "Tyler Perry, Taking Madea from Stage to Page". "Talk of the Nation" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 12, 2006.

• 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.

  Tyler Perry

  Sitting, Notes, Executing

  "Tyler Perry, Taking Madea from Stage to Page". "Talk of the Nation" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 12, 2006.

• You put some Vaseline under your eyes at night and under your chin, and you put a little bit on your chest and you'll avoid stretch marks and I'll get you some Vaseline, you can change your oil and fry chicken with it, too, but you best make sure you have something.

  Tyler Perry

  Eye, Night, Oil

  "Tyler Perry, Taking Madea from Stage to Page". "Talk of the Nation" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 12, 2006.

• God has put me in a really good position where I can make the choices to walk away if something is not right, so that way I can keep my integrity.

  Tyler Perry

  Integrity, Choices, Way

  "Tyler Perry, Taking Madea from Stage to Page". "Talk of the Nation" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 12, 2006.

• I wanted just for people to know that, no matter how simple your life is, if you have millions or you don't have anything, you can be happy where you are.

  Tyler Perry

  Simple, People, Matter

  "Tyler Perry, Taking Madea from Stage to Page". "Talk of the Nation" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 12, 2006.

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

  Tyler Perry

  People, Want, Suspicious

  "Tyler Perry, Taking Madea from Stage to Page". "Talk of the Nation" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 12, 2006.

• 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.

  Tyler Perry

  Thinking, People, Perfect

  "Tyler Perry, Taking Madea from Stage to Page". "Talk of the Nation" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 12, 2006.

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

  Tyler Perry

  Years, Understood

  "Tyler Perry, Taking Madea from Stage to Page". "Talk of the Nation" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 12, 2006.

• If you've ever watched anything that I do, and you completely give it a chance and take the blinders off, and you'll understand that the underlying theme of everything I've done has been about forgiveness, learning to move on.

  Tyler Perry

  Moving, Giving, Done

  "Tyler Perry, Taking Madea from Stage to Page". "Talk of the Nation" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 12, 2006.

• 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.

  Tyler Perry

  Sorry, Thinking, People

  "Tyler Perry, Taking Madea from Stage to Page". "Talk of the Nation" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 12, 2006.

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

  Tyler Perry

  Issues, Trying, Addresses

  "Tyler Perry, Taking Madea from Stage to Page". "Talk of the Nation" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 12, 2006.

• I have this huge, huge fan base of people who've never seen a Broadway show, but I think it's a great introduction to what Broadway is because my shows are not that. I think that if you're getting people to go to theater then somebody should be celebrating that.

  Tyler Perry

  Thinking, People, Fans

  "Tyler Perry, Taking Madea from Stage to Page". "Talk of the Nation" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 12, 2006.

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

  Tyler Perry

  Causes, Mystery, Enough

  "Tyler Perry, Taking Madea from Stage to Page". "Talk of the Nation" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 12, 2006.

• 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 that I can to honor and respect it.

  Tyler Perry

  Honor And Respect, Giving, Trying

  Source: aalbc.com