The multi-hyphenate billionaire, 52, has come a long way since his difficult upbringing in New Orleans.
“Before there wasBarack Obama,there was Sidney Poitier,” the director says.
“He was just an elegant man who let me know it was okay to be all of me.
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I didn’t have to be the man with my pants hanging off my butt trying to be cool.
Today, the producer counts theOWNCEO as a friend and collaborator who has guided him in critical moments.
Here’s what you do.'
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That’s what I give a shot to do and seeing him do that really inspires me.”
“What they’re doing is standing up and telling the absolute truth against everyone in their party.
That is courage on steroids.”
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Jennifer Lawrence, Cate Blanchett, and Jonah Hill are a joke a minute.
And Ariana was hilarious."
Aman Tyler Perry
The filmmaker’s son, Aman Tyler Perry, is his ultimate inspiration.
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The child he had with Gelila Bekele in 2014 has made Perry think about life from a different perspective.
“It makes me want to fight to make the world a better place.
He is the ultimate inspiration.”
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A Madea Homecominghits theaters Feb. 25.
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