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Tyler Perry

American Actor

Born: Sep 14, 1969

Died: Sep 13, 1969

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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. Tyler Perry

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Statistics say that I'm supposed to be in jail. And I'm not supposed to be alive. Tyler Perry

Say Alive Statistics Supposed Jail

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

People Money Inspire About Chased Never Always Motivate Been

Norman Lear is my all-time, ultimate hero. He's an amazing man. That's one person I'm looking forward to meeting. What he did, with shows and sitcoms, he's my hero. Tyler Perry

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I didn't want to be the kind of man that my father was. So I've tried, my entire life, to be the complete and utter opposite of that. And it has served not only the art well, but I think the audience well. Tyler Perry

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In order to have the success with 'Empire,' you have to have Fox; you have to have huge P&A. You have to have huge budgets for the show. I'm pretty confident that the budget of 'Empire' is six times what I'm spending on 'Have And Have Nots.' Tyler Perry

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

Crap Hollywood

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

Dreams People Goals Hopes See Lot Get Them Realized Who

If you look at 'The Have and the Have Nots,' I didn't want to write a show where everyone is great and wonderful and perfect. I wanted to write it so that you're not really sure who the haves are. You look at Hanna, and you see that she doesn't have much, but she has great faith. Tyler Perry

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What I've been able to do with my character, Madea, and the other characters, with the jokes, is use it as an anesthetic to get to the heart and soul of real issues. And what I've found on stage over the years is that, while making people laugh, I can drop in pearls of wisdom. Tyler Perry

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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. Tyler Perry

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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. Tyler Perry

Work Myself Work Hard Three Year Month Months Give Take Over Nonstop Off Again Breaks Then Really Hard Four

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. Tyler Perry

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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. Tyler Perry

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

You Spend Wrap Around Brain Film Million

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. Tyler Perry

I think that with everything I've done, in the end, whoever the central character is, they would find a way to forgive, because that's really important to me. Tyler Perry

Character Me Important Think Everything Way Would Find Because End Forgive Done In The End Central Really Whoever

My first show was called 'I Know I've Been Changed' in '92. I tried to do this show for years and years. It kept failing over and over and over again. Every time I went out to do the show, nobody showed up. I was like, 'What is this about?' Tyler Perry

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

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

Mother Out Term Dear Lot Southern Short

I feel like I died as a child. Tyler Perry

Feel Like Child Died

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