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" I didn't have a catharsis for my childhood pain, most of us don't, and until I learned how to forgive those people and let it go, I was unhappy. "
Tyler Perry
Us
Unhappy
People
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" 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'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. "
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" 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 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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" As a member of the Feeding America Entertainment Council, I recognize our mission to spread the word and rally the country in the fight to end hunger. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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" I'm not afraid to have a character say, 'I am a Christian,' or, 'I believe in God,' because I think they represent real people on this Earth. "
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" My mother wasn't strong like my aunt. She was just very passive. "
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" We are all allowed to support whoever we'd like to in this country. That's the greatest part about being an American - one of them, that is; you know what I mean? "
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" My family never went to a restaurant together; we never went to the movies together. Vacation, we never did that. "
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" I've been doing television with TBS for quite some time, and it's been a great journey. "
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" I am an architect at heart. I designed every home I've ever had, plus my studio. "
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" Don't believe the hype. I don't care how many number ones you have at the box office, I don't care how much they say you're great, don't believe it. Just stay in your lane and do what you're supposed to do. "
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" People see truth in my films. That's what they react to, and that's what they relate to. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" You can never be upset with the people who forced you into your dream or up higher. "
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" I love to give. I've been a giver all my life. "
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" Macaroni and cheese was my mother's special dish. She'd also make jambalaya and dirty rice and bake a ham that would be incredible. And greens. But if you were looking for vegetables and healthy things, there weren't a lot of those. "
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You
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