“There's this great thing called the 'Chitlin' Circuit,' which I started my shows on and back in the day when, you know, Ray Charles and Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington, they couldn't get into white establishments, so they went on this circuit and toured. They were huge stars in their own community, you know, and that's pretty much my same story.”

American filmmaker and actor

Tyler Perry is an American filmmaker and actor known for creating and performing Mabel “Madea” Simmons. He has 118 quotes on the site. His work ranges from conventional films to recordings of stage plays, several of which later became feature films. Perry also plays Madea’s brother Joe Simmons and her nephew Brian Simmons. Madea first appeared in I Can Do Bad All by Myself in 1999, staged in Chicago.