Tyler Perry Quotes

Statistics say that I’m supposed to be in jail. And I’m not supposed to be alive.

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.

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.

The key to life when it gets tough is to keep moving. Just keep moving.

My family never went to a restaurant together; we never went to the movies together. Vacation, we never did that.

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.

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.

People see truth in my films. That’s what they react to, and that’s what they relate to.

Everyone can relate to love, hurt, pain, learning how to forgive, needing to get over, needing the power of God in their life.

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.

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.

What I’ve learned is you treat women right.

There’s a huge demand for my entertainment, and I can’t meet the need. So I decided to try a TV show to reach as many of my fans as possible.

It’s not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you.

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.

I’ve never chased money. It’s always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people.

I’m not a social media person; I don’t know what’s going on unless somebody tells me.