Tyler Perry

You had to wait to the next two weeks to get your next check. So to go from having nothing and being homeless and living on the street to the first year of making money, making a hundred and something thousand dollars and getting to the end of the year and not having a dime to pay taxes because I had given it all away. And then the next year making a million in the next year, seven million.

It was all of this learning and progress. And I had no one to teach me or walk me through or talk to me about how this works or what this means. Nobody in my family had any money.

It was all of this learning and progress. And I had no one to teach me or walk me through or talk to me about how this works or what this means. Nobody in my family had any money.

It was all of this learning and progress. And I had no one to teach me or walk me through or talk to me about how this works or what this means. Nobody in my family had any money.

Even in Atlanta. Right. And also, I didn't trust because if you told me this was going to work or to do this or to do that or invest in this, I just didn't trust it.

Even in Atlanta. Right. And also, I didn't trust because if you told me this was going to work or to do this or to do that or invest in this, I just didn't trust it.

Even in Atlanta. Right. And also, I didn't trust because if you told me this was going to work or to do this or to do that or invest in this, I just didn't trust it.

Our traumas, the things we've been through will automatically make our antennas go up and think, why are you being so nice to me? What's wrong with you? You've got wealth. You're after something. Yeah. I used to work so hard to try and dispel that for people. Like, no, this is just about somebody being kind to you because I know what that's like for somebody to be kind to me.

Our traumas, the things we've been through will automatically make our antennas go up and think, why are you being so nice to me? What's wrong with you? You've got wealth. You're after something. Yeah. I used to work so hard to try and dispel that for people. Like, no, this is just about somebody being kind to you because I know what that's like for somebody to be kind to me.

Our traumas, the things we've been through will automatically make our antennas go up and think, why are you being so nice to me? What's wrong with you? You've got wealth. You're after something. Yeah. I used to work so hard to try and dispel that for people. Like, no, this is just about somebody being kind to you because I know what that's like for somebody to be kind to me.

I've given away cars and houses and paid for kids to go through college and did so much stuff for people that it got to a point where I was like, I don't want to meet them. I don't want to shake their hands. I want to just stand over here and see that they're doing well because I don't want them to have that mentality. You know, probably they're like, Like, yeah.

I've given away cars and houses and paid for kids to go through college and did so much stuff for people that it got to a point where I was like, I don't want to meet them. I don't want to shake their hands. I want to just stand over here and see that they're doing well because I don't want them to have that mentality. You know, probably they're like, Like, yeah.

I've given away cars and houses and paid for kids to go through college and did so much stuff for people that it got to a point where I was like, I don't want to meet them. I don't want to shake their hands. I want to just stand over here and see that they're doing well because I don't want them to have that mentality. You know, probably they're like, Like, yeah.

Imagine somebody walking up to you and your car is broken down to give you a new car. What do you want? What is this going to cost me? Rather than just understanding that there are people on the planet who are just kind.

Imagine somebody walking up to you and your car is broken down to give you a new car. What do you want? What is this going to cost me? Rather than just understanding that there are people on the planet who are just kind.

Imagine somebody walking up to you and your car is broken down to give you a new car. What do you want? What is this going to cost me? Rather than just understanding that there are people on the planet who are just kind.

Exactly. What does that do for that person? What does this do for your spirit? You as a person? And how do you pay it forward? That's what I always say. What can I do? Nothing. Pay it forward. Yeah. Find someone that's in a shittier spot than you are.

Exactly. What does that do for that person? What does this do for your spirit? You as a person? And how do you pay it forward? That's what I always say. What can I do? Nothing. Pay it forward. Yeah. Find someone that's in a shittier spot than you are.

Exactly. What does that do for that person? What does this do for your spirit? You as a person? And how do you pay it forward? That's what I always say. What can I do? Nothing. Pay it forward. Yeah. Find someone that's in a shittier spot than you are.

We went from 2000 seat theaters to arenas and couldn't meet the demand. So I thought, OK, there's a hunger for this kind of storytelling. So let me move into television. Got it. It was just a bigger arena. It was a bigger arena and I didn't have to be everywhere at once. I could be on a screen in 2000 locations.