Tyler Perry Quotes

Everybody has a Big Momma: the mother or the grandmother who tells it like it is, keeps it real with them, isn't afraid to tell you the truth about yourself.

When I grew up, my role model was my grandma because she's just the best.

I had a very close relationship with my grandmother. She actually helped raise me.

My grandmother influenced me so deeply.

My mother's name was Miriam, but most people called her Mim.

I have a tight-knit Southern family.

I came from a big family... a big family of Southerners.

I wanted to marry a girl just like my mom.

I grew up in a family of strong women, and I owe any capacity I have to understand women to my mother and big sister.

And I would really like to be a grandmother, but only when Felix or Emily meet the right person and are ready.

The mother-in-law is the centre of a family.

My mother has always been the social glue holding the family together.

And when I look at my mother, I reflect on her strength and endurance. She's cranky sometimes, but she is lovable and loving. I'd be happy to be there at 86.

A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.

I do want to be a mother. I like the idea of passing on what my mother passed on to me.

My grandma - we called her Mamaw - loved her country.

My mother is one of seven kids, so I have a lot of strong women in my family, and I have supportive, beautiful relationships with all of them.

My brother still calls me didi, which is so endearing. That's how our mother raised us.

All my kids are great, because of my mother. Every Sunday, we're over there at my parents' place for lunch.

Good southern boys always have this connection with their mom.

My mother is the most important person I know, and I try to be the same as she.

My grandmother - my inspiration - was a single mom with nine kids, and she helped raise me.

Mum has been the biggest influence on me.

My Southern heritage is a big part of who I am. I grew up around people who seemed like characters but are actual, real people. My grandmother made sure I had manners and all that stuff.

I think my mum is courageous.