Top 71 Quotes by Tyler Perry

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.

'Madea' is a Southern term. It's short for 'mother dear.' So there are a lot of Madeas out there.

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.

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

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

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

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

I think that with everything I've done, in the end, whoever the central character is, they would find a way to forgive, because that's really important to me.

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.

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.