Tyler Perry quotes

Tyler Perry is an American actor, playwright, filmmaker, and entrepreneur, recognized for his creation of the Madea character. His work has had a significant impact on African American culture and the modern entertainment industry. He continues to produce successful films, television series, and stage plays. Here are 69 of his quotes:

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

Tyler Perry

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

It doesn't matter if a million people tell you what you can't do, or if ten million tell you no. If you get one yes from God that's all you need.

Tyler Perry

Once you're truly happy with yourself alone, that's when you are safe to find the right person to spend the rest of your life with.

Tyler Perry

You will always fine jealous people. They're the ones promoting you.

Tyler Perry

I'm just enjoying my life. I suggest you try it.

Tyler Perry

Children love their mothers. Especially with a boy child and his mother, there's a bond that's unbreakable. I love my mother to this day. One of the most painful things I ever had to do was bury her, realizing that even though I was her hero, I couldn't help her with this last thing. I couldn't help her get better. All I wanted was to give her everything she wanted. Everything my father didn't give her, everything she never had.

Tyler Perry

What I know beyond a shadow of a doubt is that God is with me. I know that. I know that He's always been with me. It is evident in everything I have endured-and the fact that I made it through with some sanity.

Tyler Perry

I have to thank Eddie Murphy, 'cause after I saw him do the Klumps [in Nutty Professor II], I said, "I'm going to try my hand at a female character." It was the brilliance of Eddie Murphy. I need to write him a check. Say thank you.

Tyler Perry

When black women are down with you and in your corner, you have an ally that will move Heaven and Earth.

Tyler Perry

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

You can, t make yourself happy by causing other peoples misery -Tyler Perry The Family That Preys.

Tyler Perry

People say the truth hurts. Hell no, it hurts even more if you do a whole bunch of foolishness to try and avoid it.

Tyler Perry

What I have learned in this life is you can never be ashamed of where you come from.

Tyler Perry

I thank God for Closed Doors.

Tyler Perry

Those audiences are my critics. They tell me right away! I learnt very early on how far I can go, what I can and can't say on stage. They inspire the stories that I tell, and how I tell them. It has to be something that the core can relate to. And what I'm finding is that if you serve the core, it grows, and you find a whole new audience.

Tyler Perry

That has never been heard of in the history of television. 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. So what takes most shows eight years to do, we do in a year.

Tyler Perry

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.

Tyler Perry

Don't wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.

Tyler Perry

I got 27 people livin in my head and all of them was about to beat the heck out of you for doin that..

Tyler Perry

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

Tyler Perry

People always try to do the right thing.. after they've tried everything else.

Tyler Perry