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
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.
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.
What do you spend $200 million on, with a film? I can't wrap my brain around that one.
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.
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.
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.
I know my audience, and they're not people that the studios know anything about.
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.
