Top 120 Tyler Perry Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Heartbreak can make you hard! But don’t let it make you bitter.”

— Tyler Perry

52. “I’m very open to fresh talent, and I love the underdog, people who have been counted out, because they come in with a different type of hunger. I’m all for the underdog, so I’d like to talk to anybody who shows up with that sort of thirst.”

— Tyler Perry

53. “When black women are down with you and in your corner, you have an ally that will move Heaven and Earth.”

— Tyler Perry

54. “Root People may be hard to find because they’re not trying to be seen. They do their work underground. But quietly and without fanfare, they provide help and support and nourishment. They are happy when I thrive.”

— Tyler Perry

55. “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.”

— Tyler Perry

56. “There will be rough nights but joy really does come in the morning.”

— Tyler Perry

57. “Rather than focus on your critics, focus on the people who are impacted by your work.”

— Tyler Perry

58. “I think there’s something that happens at 40 where you settle into your own skin and you stop caring what people think – you realize life is a gift from God and you want to live it to the fullest.”

— Tyler Perry

59. “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.”

— Tyler Perry

60. “I know I can only do as much as I can do. Although I have so many ideas of my own, I’m very interested in helping to cultivate and encourage some promising new artists. But there are a lot of people and, unfortunately, a very small window.”

— Tyler Perry

61. “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.”

— Tyler Perry

62. “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.”

— Tyler Perry

63. “If you’re black, you can’t just be ordinary. All successful black people are extraordinary.”

— Tyler Perry

64. “I love to see a woman in high-heeled shoes. There’s something about the curve of the feet up the leg to the butt that’s really, really wonderful, and the right pair of shoes can give you the right silhouette.”

— Tyler Perry

65. “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. So, they’ve already done enough. All I ask for now is their continued support.”

— Tyler Perry

66. “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.”

— Tyler Perry

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

— Tyler Perry

68. “If you’ve ever watched anything that I do, and you completely give it a chance and take the blinders off, and you’ll understand that the underlying theme of everything I’ve done has been about forgiveness, learning to move on.”

— Tyler Perry

69. “I ain’t going to talk to you until I am blue in the face trying to make you change. I’m going to tell you what’s on my mind and hope you get it and I’m going to move on. That’s what we have to do sometimes – move on. Try to help others, extend your hand, and then help the next. If they don’t want to accept it, keep moving on. Don’t let them discourage you. Never stop doing what you’re doing because of somebody else’s unwillingness to learn.”

— Tyler Perry

70. “It ain’t what people call you. It’s what you answer to.”

— Tyler Perry

71. “What I have learned in this life is you can never be ashamed of where you come from.”

— Tyler Perry

72. “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.”

— Tyler Perry

73. “All my life I’ve tried to hide my height. I was taller than everybody else and stood out, so I would slouch and try to hide it.”

— Tyler Perry

74. “You give away your power when you don’t forgive.”

— Tyler Perry

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

— Tyler Perry

76. “It’s a clear day Sonny, L A N D.”

— Tyler Perry

77. “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.”

— Tyler Perry

78. “When I have absolutely nothing to do, and I find myself in the middle of all of it going, “Wow!” When nothing’s going on, that’s when I get to stop and really appreciate the journey.”

— Tyler Perry

79. “I want to be remembered as a guy who inspired, encouraged and made people laugh.”

— Tyler Perry

80. “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.”

— Tyler Perry

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

— Tyler Perry

82. “People say the truth hurts. Hell no, it hurts even more if you do a whole bunch of foolishness to try and avoid it.”

— Tyler Perry

83. “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!”

— Tyler Perry

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

— Tyler Perry

85. “Prayer really can change things.”

— Tyler Perry

86. “I put a thong on a few months ago trying to be sexy. I’ve been looking for it but ain’t seen it since.”

— Tyler Perry

87. “The question that a lot of people ask me all the time is how did you make it? The truth be told, it was nothing but the grace of God.”

— Tyler Perry

88. “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.”

— Tyler Perry

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

— Tyler Perry

90. “I want an open dialogue. I want husbands and wives and people in relationships to walk out of the theater thinking, “Could this happen to me? I know I’m being tempted.””

— Tyler Perry

91. “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.”

— Tyler Perry

92. “I know that there are a lot of people out there with stories far worse than mine but you, too, can make it. To those of you who have, welcome to life. I celebrate you.”

— Tyler Perry

93. “You put some Vaseline under your eyes at night and under your chin, and you put a little bit on your chest and you’ll avoid stretch marks and I’ll get you some Vaseline, you can change your oil and fry chicken with it, too, but you best make sure you have something.”

— Tyler Perry

94. “I don’t do divas. I don’t do entourages. I don’t do the Hollywood crap.”

— Tyler Perry

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

— Tyler Perry

96. “Be modest and patient; allow your dream its own time to grow. Dreams need to be tended like crops before you can enjoy the harvest. And this is important: Don’t get hung up on the outcome. Hand that over to God. Remember, He’s the one at the wheel. Of course, I was afraid of failing, but I held on.”

— Tyler Perry

97. “I feel like I express myself, as an actor. Whatever the character is put in front of me, I try to bring truth to it, whichever way it lands. I try to bring as much truth to it and make it as believable as I can. I think that’s the job of an actor.”

— Tyler Perry

98. “I am so proud to be from New Orleans and to be one of those people who had been displaced. I wasn’t there during that time, but that’s where I come from, that kind of poverty, and I’m very, very proud of that because it’s given me my history.”

— Tyler Perry

99. “I haven’t had a worst business decision, because I believe all things work together for good.”

— Tyler Perry

100. “I want to own a network. I want to own a network where you can turn it on with your family all day long and get positive reinforcement.”

— Tyler Perry