Quotes from Tyler Perry

Forgiveness is giving up the hope of what happened to you from being different.

You can get a thousand no's from people, and only one "yes" from God.

He who has the gold makes the rules.

I'm not interested in doing 'Star Wars.' It's an amazing movie, but that's not my gift. I tell the stories that I tell that relate to the people who love what I do. That is the place and the path that I know I am supposed to be on. The minute I try and go do something else, it will be amazing to watch how quickly that don't work.

Being on the 'Alex Cross' set, and watching and learning about and paying attention to everything that was going on there, I realized, 'Here is a moment for me to learn.'

You close the door on me and tell me I can't, I'm gonna find a way to get in.

I am an architect at heart. I designed every home I've ever had, plus my studio.

I try to write from a point of view with my faith being always present and always there. don't want to write characters where everyone is saved. So this Madea character for me is not saved.

I want a lot of people to see my movies. More black people. More white people. I want to make that connection.

I get a lot of flack from critics that my comedies are all over the place, my dramas are all over the place, they're schizophrenic - as if I don't know that!

The road that I'm on is a path that I didn't choose. It chose me. I'm just trying to walk it, and to do the best that I can to honor and respect it.

I had one request when I started doing the plays. My prayer was, 'God, let me do well enough to be able to take care of my mother.' I was able to do that 'til the day she died because of my audience.

I remember being a kid and praying in the hell of my house to have somebody love me and somebody that I could love.

I feel like I died as a child.

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.

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

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 live my life outside of the box because when I die they're going to put me into one!

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

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.

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

I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells... Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.

I wanted just for people to know that, no matter how simple your life is, if you have millions or you don't have anything, you can be happy where you are.

It's so important to forgive people for their wrongs in your own life because every bit of it was for a reason-it was to form the person that you are.