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My mother was truly my saving...

My mother was truly my saving grace, because she would take me to church with her. I would see my mother smiling in the choir, and I wanted to know this God that made her so happy. If I had not had that faith in my life, I don't know where I would be right now.

Tyler Perry 159 quotes

I was a very poor young black...

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.

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I work three months really ha...

I work three months really hard, nonstop, and then I take a month off. Then I do it all over again. I work hard but I give myself four breaks a year.

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Children love their mothers. ...

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

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I don't just do a movie to do...

I don't just do a movie to do a movie. Of course I want to amuse people, but some of Madea's greatest moments are when she gets to talk about child rearing and bullying and all kinds of things like that.

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When I was a kid, I had asthm...

When I was a kid, I had asthma, so I would have to take cod liver oil all the time. So anything fishy that reminds me of that taste, I can't eat. I love Chilean sea bass because I don't taste it there. But salmon? No, no, no.

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I definitely do not like Hall...

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

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All my life I've tried to hid...

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.

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I get a lot of flack from cri...

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!

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It takes a week to do a sitco...

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.

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I love a good breakfast - gri...

I love a good breakfast - grits and eggs, French toast, turkey bacon. My grandmother on my father's side used to make tea cakes, and her breakfasts were unbelievable. There was fresh ham, and she would go out to the yard to get fresh eggs. She lived in rural Louisiana, and we'd spend summers with her.

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Ever since I've been blessed ...

Ever since I've been blessed with success, I've struggled a little with anonymity and even family. I've had people calling asking for money, and I have to ask them first, 'Are you working? Have you been trying to help yourself?' Then I feel like I can help.

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I've always wanted to work wi...

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.

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I remember being a kid and pr...

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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I don't do divas. I don't do ...

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

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I try to write from a point o...

I try to write from a point of view with my faith being always present and always there. don't want to write characters where everyone is saved. So this Madea character for me is not saved.

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I think that people think whe...

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.

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I'm very open to fresh talent...

I'm very open to fresh talent, and I love the underdog, people who have been counted out, because they come in with a different type of hunger. I'm all for the underdog, so I'd like to talk to anybody who shows up with that sort of thirst.

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The important thing for me is...

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.

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I've been pretty transparent ...

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.

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