As Far As The Illusion Of The

My Friend Madea Has "attitude" That Comes With Wisdom. Back In Our Teens And Twenties, We Thought We Knew Everything And Made All Those Foolish Mistakes. Then, When We Got A Little Older, At Thirty, We Started Getting These Flashes Of Light, Revelations Of What A Great And Lucky Thing It Is That We Didn't Get Caught Doing Those Stupid Things Back Then. Around Forty, If We Are Lucky, We Stop Lying To Ourselves. Fifty And Above, We've Run Out Of Patience For Foolishness. Take Me To The Bottom Line.

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.

I Was A Very Poor Young Black Boy In New Orleans, Just A Face Without A Name, Swimming In A Sea Of Poverty Trying To Survive.

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!

There Was Our House In New Orleans. Two Blocks In Front Of Us Were These Beautiful Mansions And Two Blocks Behind Us Were The Ghetto, Projects, And That's Where I Had To Go To School, But I Would Always Pattern My Life Looking Forward. It Was Almost Literal.