Quotes from Tyler Perry

Don't stop. Narrow your focus to one idea, and make it work. That will give birth to all of the others. All you can do is plant the seed and water it.

I work three months really hard, nonstop, and then I take a month off. Then I do it all over again. I work hard but I give myself four breaks a year.

I thank God I didn't become successful until I was older.

Oprah is very, very, very special to me. She's an amazing woman.

I have very simple tastes. An ex-girlfriend used to tell me I have the palate of a kid because there are only five or six foods that I love. And if you rotate them on a regular basis, that's all I need to eat - like arugula, spinach, and grilled chicken.

The thing about using other people's money is they're going to set the rules.

I didn't want to be the kind of man that my father was. So I've tried, my entire life, to be the complete and utter opposite of that. And it has served not only the art well, but I think the audience well.

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

I've always wanted to work with Blair, and finally the timing was right. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him. I think he's a hugely underrated actor in Hollywood.

What rings true is that everything we grow through in life will work out for our good.

Ever since I've been blessed with success, I've struggled a little with anonymity and even family. I've had people calling asking for money, and I have to ask them first, 'Are you working? Have you been trying to help yourself?' Then I feel like I can help.

I've been on 'Oprah' a dozen times, and cried once.

What I know about me is that, in order to lead, you also have to know how to follow.

I've been pretty transparent with all that I've done. I think my work speaks a lot for who I am. So, I don't think there's a particular thing I'd like them to know.

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 haven't had a worst business decision, because I believe all things work together for good.

It takes a week to do a sitcom in Hollywood. I do a show a day in my studio, three or four shows a week.

I know my audience, and they're not people that the studios know anything about.

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

If you don't want my God here, you don't want me here either. God has been too good to me to go and try to sell out to get some money.

I've always wanted to work with Blair, and finally the timing was right. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him. I think he's a hugely underrated actor in Hollywood.

What I've learned is you treat women right.

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.

Tyler Perry's brand is faith, family and this whole thing that I've built, while my company, 34th Street Films, is like Disney's Touchstone. We can do anything. People don't know what to expect from me yet.