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" I have very simple tastes. An ex-girlfriend used to tell me I have the palate of a kid because there are only five or six foods that I love. And if you rotate them on a regular basis, that's all I need to eat - like arugula, spinach, and grilled chicken. "

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

Tyler Perry

Food

Loudest

People

" 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. "

" If you look at everything I do - even in 'Boo!' there's a message, and it's always 'faith, family, forgiveness.' That's the greatest gift that I've been given. I can get a message to the very people I grew up with, the millions who love what I do. "

" 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. "

" I know my audience, and they're not people that the studios know anything about. "

" 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. "

Tyler Perry

God

Good

" 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

Important

Think

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

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

" 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. "

" I don't have a writer's room. I write all the shows myself. Ninety-one episodes a season, I'm sitting there at the computer writing and writing and writing because I want the voice to be authentic so that the audience is hearing from me and not other writers. "

Tyler Perry

Myself

Writing

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

" My biggest success is getting over the things that have tried to destroy and take me out of this life. Those are my biggest successes. It has nothing to do with work. "

Tyler Perry

Success

Work

" The heart of who I am as a person and as a man is forgiveness, after forgiving my father for a lot of things that were done when I was child. "

" I know that there are a lot of people out there with stories far worse than mine but you, too, can make it. To those of you who have, welcome to life. I celebrate you. "

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

Tyler Perry

Crap

Hollywood

" I thank God I didn't become successful until I was older. "

" I love to see a woman in high-heeled shoes. There's something about the curve of the feet up the leg to the butt that's really, really wonderful, and the right pair of shoes can give you the right silhouette. "

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

" My mother wasn't strong like my aunt. She was just very passive. "

Tyler Perry

Strong

She

" What I've learned is you treat women right. "

" 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. "

" Developing a good work ethic is key. Apply yourself at whatever you do, whether you're a janitor or taking your first summer job, because that work ethic will be reflected in everything you do in life. "

" You can never be upset with the people who forced you into your dream or up higher. "

Tyler Perry

You

Upset

" 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. "

" Being on the 'Alex Cross' set, and watching and learning about and paying attention to everything that was going on there, I realized, 'Here is a moment for me to learn.' "

" You close the door on me and tell me I can't, I'm gonna find a way to get in. "

" I've been on 'Oprah' a dozen times, and cried once. "

" 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. "

" 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. "