People know Tyler Perry, and there are standards they've come to expect from him. His brand is uplifting, and it's something a lot of inner-city African-Americans can relate to.

I am my own worst critic and I am hell to pay so I just have to do everything to my utmost ability.

Since I do seven different styles of martial arts, I don't foresee myself fighting the same in any two movies. I think every fighting style should fit the character that's doing the fighting.

In reality, there are very few villains who view themselves as villains. They just have a certain agenda at a certain time.

When you don't have much money, you get creative. There's so much money that gets wasted on big movie sets. But when you don't have much money, you improvise.

I enjoy playing real human beings after playing a lot of larger than life characters. I love playing true to life characters and that is what I intend to do for the majority of my career.

Most people say I look mean, and because I play so many tough roles and because of my size and my martial arts background, they think I am, but I'm really not.

To me, the responsibility of an actor is to recreate humanity honestly. I never feel like an actor, I always look at it from a blue collar perspective.

I don't cook. I think they named the 'Mike'-rowave after me.

I love the '70s. I think the '70s had the best music and the best movies.

I enjoy logic and logic puzzles. And filmmaking is one fun logic puzzle that you gotta win.

If seek the light of knowledge of God, we know how to live.

You reach a point where the pain gets so acute you do not feel it anymore, but to reach that point, you experience so much pain that you're unable to forget the suffering that led you there.

The unknown is just as unknown as the ability to discover the known inside it.

High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds.

I don't mean to change the subject or anything, but have you tried concealer on that zit?" Cynthia Lotte - Hot Six

When women smoke, it is hard for them to quit because they are so worried about their weight; it's a vanity issue and a mindset.

My driving abilities from Mexico have helped me get through Hollywood.

I'd like to live in a world where immigration is just called moving.

Why is balance important? From a life lesson standpoint, it's about learning to enjoy yourself without getting the ego involved.

The downstream effects are unknown. Do your best and hope for the best. If you're improving the world-however you define that-consider your job well done.