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" 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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Attention

Learn

" 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. "

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

" The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on. "

" I definitely do not like Halloween. I don't like masks, creepy clowns, dark things, goblins or witches. They're not just my thing. "

" Madea is a cross between my mother and my aunt. She's the type of grandmother that was on every corner when I was growing up. "

" 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. "

" 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

" It's a dream realized to partner with Oprah and bring scripted programming to OWN. She has accomplished so much with the network, and I'm excited to work with her to be a part of its continued growth. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" After Obama became president, I realized that black people could not have put him in the White House - it had to be a collective effort of everybody in the country. "

" 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. "

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

" Happiness for me is totally just being at peace knowing that, everything I'm doing, God is pleased with that. It's complete peace for me. "

Tyler Perry

Just

Doing

" My life has always been - there's never been a middle. Either I had or I didn't. Either I was up or I was down. "

Tyler Perry

Life

Never

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

Tyler Perry

Strong

She

" If you haven't forgiven someone, it does not hurt that person. They're sleeping at night. You're holding onto that, and all the damage is being done to you internally. "

" As I experience life and go through things, that's what I write about. "

Tyler Perry

Write

Through

" What I know about me is that, in order to lead, you also have to know how to follow. "

" 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. "

Tyler Perry

Time

God

" For me, there is a guiding compass that just lives inside of me. Every time I've gone against it, something bad has happened. As long as I stay in line and honor it, it has really been life changing. "

Tyler Perry

Time

Long

" I knew that love was around. I truly believe my mother loved me. But feeling it all the time? I didn't. "

" 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

Unhappy

People

" I'm not an artist. I set the camera up and tell my story. "

" I love to give. I've been a giver all my life. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Very early on, when I started doing these plays and live shows, I would travel from city to city, and there were a million shows out there... so I wanted to step out among it, and I started putting my name above the title. "