Tyler Perry Quotes

I lost my passion for work. No, that's a negative statement. I just had a bigger passion for something else, for my son, and growing up with him.

Having my own family has made me realise there's more to life than chasing the next job.

Having kids has been a turning point in my life because when I was still single, all I wanted was to impress beautiful girls.

After I had my baby, I reprioritized my life in general. I really wanted to play characters that gave me a different kind of fulfillment. That is a difficult thing to find, especially as an actress.

Before we got married, I had tremendous ambition. Once we got married and I started having children, then I just thought that that was my real life. Steve was definitely more ambitious than I.

I don't want to let my life as a woman pass me by. There's a time to work, there's a time to be young and crazy, and there should be a time to enjoy motherhood. I'm actually looking forward to that.

I think, if you've got children, that's your life. Your 'showbiz' life, if you want to call it that, is a separate thing, and it isn't everything to me.

I had a family, I had children, I got married. My ambition changed.

When our daughter was born, a light went on for me - there was more to life than what I was doing. It felt like being famous for being a paint salesman. It wasn't the dream I was sold on. I'd had enough of it.

When my son was born, I decided I wasn't really into working 12 hours a day. That slowed me down a little bit.

I was writing a third novel when my kids arrived. And I looked at that book about whether these two people would get together, and I thought, 'I don't care! I've got kids!'

I figured out, I guess, that the job just makes me happy if it's not number one. So if it all works, great. If it doesn't, I still go home, look at my kids, and I have a big smile on my face.

I'm not much of a family man. I'm just not that into it. I love kids, I adore them, but I don't want to live my life for them.

For me, my No. 1 priority in life was to always have a family. If I had not been able to work anymore, then that would have been it. I would definitely choose family over career. It's really great that my field has allowed me to work and let me do things that a woman does naturally.

I used to enjoy the spotlight. If I had a day off from filming, I didn't know what to do. Now I enjoy my family time so much, there is this sense of, if it all went away, and I was just a mom, I would love my life.

Eventually, I'll go back to acting, but for right now, my children are the most important thing in the world to me.

What's interesting is often people think life changes when you have a record deal and you do all kinds of stuff. Obviously your life changes, but nothing changes your life like getting married and having kids.

No one understands the shift in priorities about having a child in your life... until you have a child in your life.

Like other parents, I want my children to be comfortable in their adult lives.

I learned very early that you don't get time back. I'd miss my children growing up, so that's the reason I retired.

I won't play past 30. Why? I want to - I don't know - start a family, live life.

Having a child changes your priorities. I am convinced, for me, it will be something very positive and give me even more motivation.

My mindset at this stage, especially after having a daughter... it's just changed my whole outlook.

I'm only speaking for myself, but having a kid has put everything else in my life in perspective.

As I've grown in the league and in life, having my kids around and seeing their growth and development is special and it's something I wouldn't trade for all the jobs in the world.