299 Quotes by Tyler Perry

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

I feel like I express myself, as an actor. Whatever the character is put in front of me, I try to bring truth to it, whichever way it lands. I try to bring as much truth to it and make it as believable as I can. I think that’s the job of an actor.

I’m not suspicious of success, I’m suspicious of the people who want to attach themselves because of your success.

I don’t do divas. I don’t do entourages. I don’t do the Hollywood crap.

You need to know that you can’t honor God when you’re chained to the voice and opinions of man.

I’m always on to something else. It’s like, I’m sitting here now jotting down notes for something that’s in my head. There’s always something going on in my head, and I have to just keep executing.

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.

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.

If it had not been for The Lord on my side I don’t know where I would be.