A degree on the wall, without labels on your back, is nothing.

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.

Don't wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.

It's always been easier for me to have a costume to hide behind.

If you're black, you can't just be ordinary. All successful black people are extraordinary. If you are tremendously successful, and you're black, you are extraordinary, or you wouldn't stand out in this world.

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

The road that I'm on is a path that I didn't choose. It chose me. I'm just trying to walk it, and to do the best that I can to honor and respect it.