I haven't had a worst business decision, because I believe all things work together for good.
Seeing people laugh definitely inspires me, and so does seeing people get life lessons about living better.
I want to be remembered as a guy who inspired, encouraged and made people laugh.
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.
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.
What excites me? Had you asked me that question a few years ago, the answer would’ve rolled right off my tongue. Today, I think it's moving and uplifting my audience. Having them get it and go with it. That excites me.
What I've learned is you treat women right.
If you're black, you can't just be ordinary. All successful black people are extraordinary. If you are tremendously successful, and you're black, you are extraordinary, or you wouldn't stand out in this world.
My mother wasn't strong like my aunt. She was just very passive.
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.
Oprah is very, very, very special to me. She's an amazing woman.
People see truth in my films. That's what they react to, and that's what they relate to.
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 want an open dialogue. I want husbands and wives and people in relationships to walk out of the theater thinking, "Could this happen to me? I know I'm being tempted."
I feel like I express myself, as an actor. Whatever the character is put in front of me, I try to bring truth to it, whichever way it lands. I try to bring as much truth to it and make it as believable as I can. I think that's the job of an actor.
Tyler Perry's brand is faith, family and this whole thing that I've built, while my company, 34th Street Films, is like Disney's Touchstone. We can do anything. People don't know what to expect from me yet.
I think every one of us, in life, have some sort of moment that has happened that we wish we could have done differently or that we wish could have had a different outcome.
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.
He who has the gold makes the rules.
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
