Top 120 Tyler Perry Quotes (2026 Update)
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101. “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

102. “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

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

— Tyler Perry

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

— Tyler Perry

105. “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

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

— Tyler Perry

107. “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

108. “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

109. “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

110. “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

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

— Tyler Perry

112. “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

113. “Don’t make a black woman take off her earrings”.”

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114. “A miniskirt shows just enough to cause some mystery. What these young women lack is mystery so the old women have to have it.”

— Tyler Perry

115. “I have this huge, huge fan base of people who’ve never seen a Broadway show, but I think it’s a great introduction to what Broadway is because my shows are not that. I think that if you’re getting people to go to theater then somebody should be celebrating that.”

— Tyler Perry

116. “Growing up, there was always music around, whether across the street, or on the next-door neighbor’s stereo. So, as in life, music is always around, and it helps to heighten any emotion. Music is amazing.”

— Tyler Perry

117. “I think it’s important to show a husband and a wife together, in a room, raising children, because you don’t see that anymore.”

— Tyler Perry

118. “I don’t cook, so my favorite dish to prepare is something on the takeout menu.”

— Tyler Perry

119. “It’s a dream realized to partner with Oprah and bring scripted programming to OWN. She has accomplished so much with the network, and I’m excited to work with her to be a part of its continued growth.”

— Tyler Perry

120. “I got 27 people livin in my head and all of them was about to beat the heck out of you for doin that...”

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121. “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.”

— Tyler Perry

122. “There were certain areas in the country where I couldn’t go without being stopped and asked for autographs and pictures for years.”

— Tyler Perry

123. “There’s a huge demand for my entertainment, and I can’t meet the need. So I decided to try a TV show to reach as many of my fans as possible.”

— Tyler Perry

124. “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!”

— Tyler Perry

125. “Everything that I talk about, pretty much, are things that I learned or understood over the years.”

— Tyler Perry

126. “As far as the illusion of the fame, yes, I can definitely appreciate it.”

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127. “What I’ve learned is you treat women right.”

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128. “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

129. “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.”

— Tyler Perry

130. “What do you spend $200 million on, with a film? I can’t wrap my brain around that one.”

— Tyler Perry

131. “People see truth in my films. That’s what they react to, and that’s what they relate to.”

— Tyler Perry