I live my life outside of the box because when I die they're going to put me into one!

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

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

I don't want to leave this planet until I achieve everything that I was put here to do.

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

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

You can't build your life around hurts from the past" -Tyler Perry The Family That Preys

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

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

I haven't had a worst business decision, because I believe all things work together for good.

When it all comes down to it, life isn't about how much we get - it's about how much we share.

A mother’s love is stronger than distance, more powerful than time and can transcend the grave.

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

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

You can,t make yourself happy by causing other peoples misery -Tyler Perry The Family That Preys

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

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

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

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

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

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.

When black women are down with you and in your corner, you have an ally that will move Heaven and Earth.

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.

Children love their mothers. Especially with a boy child and his mother, there's a bond that's unbreakable.

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

It's most important that you surround yourself with positivity always, and have it in your mind at all times.

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

There are a lot of people who have dreams, goals, and hopes, but there aren't a lot who get to see them realized.

You don't try to do anything that Morgan Freeman does. He was the voice of God in a movie. That's Morgan Freeman!

My family never went to a restaurant together; we never went to the movies together. Vacation, we never did that.

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

People say the truth hurts. Hell no, it hurts even more if you do a whole bunch of foolishness to try and avoid it.

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

I don't like popcorn, and I think it's so annoying when people have popcorn in the theaters. That is the loudest food.

Seven years after my mother's passing, I still reach for the phone for a split second to call her. We spoke every day.

I've been trying to learn to ski for years, but there's something about being 6-foot-5 and falling that's not appealing.

It's not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you.

I was a very poor young black boy in New Orleans, just a face without a name, swimming in a sea of poverty trying to survive.

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

Madea is a cross between my mother and my aunt. She's the type of grandmother that was on every corner when I was growing up.

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.

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

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.

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

I definitely do not like Halloween. I don't like masks, creepy clowns, dark things, goblins or witches. They're not just my thing.

When you haven't forgiven those who've hurt you, you turn back against your future. When you do forgive, you start walking forward.

Once you're truly happy with yourself alone, that's when you are safe to find the right person to spend the rest of your life with.

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.

If you don't want my God here, you don't want me here either. God has been too good to me to go and try to sell out to get some money.

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.

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