Quotes from Tyler Perry

You don't try to do anything that Morgan Freeman does. He was the voice of God in a movie. That's Morgan Freeman!

What I've been able to do with my character, Madea, and the other characters, with the jokes, is use it as an anesthetic to get to the heart and soul of real issues. And what I've found on stage over the years is that, while making people laugh, I can drop in pearls of wisdom.

Hollywood is finally waking up to the fact that people who go to church also go to the movies. I'm not sure what took them so long to see that or how long they'll keep it up.

You know, people at Wal-Mart are standing there with their uniforms on. I feel like I'm putting on a uniform to do a movie. I don't feel like it's dressing in drag.

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.

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

There were only 3 people that I wanted to meet in life, Nelson Mandela was one of them. What a life, what a journey, what a man. Thank you for passing this way! God bless your resting soul!

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.

A mother's love is stronger than distance, more powerful than time and can transcend the grave.

Children love their mothers. Especially with a boy child and his mother, there's a bond that's unbreakable.

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

Music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion.

In that day, we didn't have no remote controls and vacuum cleaners. If you wanted all that stuff you had children!

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.

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.

God gives everyone a lane and no one can beat you in your lane. Just stay focused on Him and what you are supposed to do. And everything will be alright.

God has put me in a really good position where I can make the choices to walk away if something is not right, so that way I can keep my integrity.

I thank God for Closed Doors

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.

For as low as you go, ask God to take you that high.

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.

I never thought of myself as a mogul, but it's really great to be in that position.

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.

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