Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry is an American actor, producer, director, screenwriter, playwright, author, and songwriter, specializing in the gospel genre. Perry wrote and produced many stage plays during the 1990s and early 2000s. In 2011, Forbes named him the highest paid man in entertainment; he earned US$130 million between May 2010 and 2011...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Producer
Date of Birth13 September 1969
CityNew Orleans, LA
CountryUnited States of America
I want a lot of people to see my movies. More black people. More white people. I want to make that connection.
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.
There are a lot of people who have dreams, goals, and hopes, but there aren't a lot who get to see them realized.
You should've heard the roar of these thousands of black people in the room. They were fired up and angry and ready to go to the movies.
I think, you know, the people that have seen my work, I think it speaks to the possibility of getting better, and, I'm sorry, I'm still on the last caller.
I have this huge, huge fan base of people who've never seen a Broadway show, but I think it's a great introduction to what Broadway is because my shows are not that. I think that if you're getting people to go to theater then somebody should be celebrating that.
If you're black, you can't just be ordinary. All successful black people are extraordinary.
I want to be remembered as a guy who inspired, encouraged and made people laugh.
Seeing people laugh definitely inspires me, and so does seeing people get life lessons about living better.
I think that people think when you have money that your problems go away and everything's solved, and it's great and wonderful. You're a perfect human being.
I'm not suspicious of success, I'm suspicious of the people who want to attach themselves because of your success.
I'm very open to fresh talent, and I love the underdog, people who have been counted out, because they come in with a different type of hunger. I'm all for the underdog, so I'd like to talk to anybody who shows up with that sort of thirst.
You will always fine jealous people.They're the ones promoting you.
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.