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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. "
Tyler Perry
People
I Am
Character
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" As I experience life and go through things, that's what I write about. "
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" The Bible says that all things work together for the good of those who love the Lord and are called according to his purpose. I believe that. Because I've seen it all work. "
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" I haven't read a book in a very, very long time because, when I'm writing, I don't like to see other people's work. I don't want to see something great and not be able to use it, and I don't want to have any subconscious influences. "
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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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" I've been on 'Oprah' a dozen times, and cried once. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I've always believed in God, from the time I was very, very young. I always knew there was something with me, not necessarily knowing what to call it. "
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God
" What do you spend $200 million on, with a film? I can't wrap my brain around that one. "
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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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Life
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" I think it's important to show a husband and a wife together, in a room, raising children, because you don't see that anymore. "
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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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They Say
You
Believe
" I knew that love was around. I truly believe my mother loved me. But feeling it all the time? I didn't. "
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Mother
Love
" 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. "
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Faith
You
She
" 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. "
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Feet
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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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See
Why
" The idea of Christ's love for us all is inspiring to me. "
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Us
Me
Love
" I think there's something that happens at 40 where you settle into your own skin and you stop caring what people think - you realize life is a gift from God and you want to live it to the fullest. "
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Caring
People
Live
" Children love their mothers. Especially with a boy child and his mother, there's a bond that's unbreakable. "
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Children
Bond
Boy
" 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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Halloween
Clowns
Witches
" He who has the gold makes the rules. "
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He
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Makes
" You know, people at Wal-Mart are standing there with their uniforms on. I feel like I'm putting on a uniform to do a movie. I don't feel like it's dressing in drag. "
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" When black women are down with you and in your corner, you have an ally that will move Heaven and Earth. "
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Heaven
" Everyone can relate to love, hurt, pain, learning how to forgive, needing to get over, needing the power of God in their life. "
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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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" Statistics say that I'm supposed to be in jail. And I'm not supposed to be alive. "
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Supposed
Statistics
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" 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. "
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Myself
Me
Writing
" I don't think the dreams die - I think that people give up. I think it gets too hard. "
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People
Up
Die
" 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?' "
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" My father who was there in the house, he wasn't at all a role model. And my mother, who was trying to protect me from him as best she could, she took me everywhere with her, which gave me a tremendous amount of sensitivity to the things women go through. "
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