Tyler Perry Quotes

Every time I've failed, people had me out for the count, but I always come back.

Anybody who's serious about their passion in life gets doors slammed in their face, literally and figuratively.

I was rejected by casting directors during the day. I attended class in the evening, then rode 90 miles on the train home.

You go up for hundreds, thousands of roles, and you get told no, no, no, so many times.

I never doubted that I would work, and every time I went to an audition, I went into the room with the knowledge that I was going to get the part. Ninety-nine times out of 100, I didn't.

As actors, we deal with rejection so much more than any other business. So I don't care how much of a genius you are, if you don't have the propensity to be able to get back up every time you get knocked down, then you're not going to survive.

My story is one of ups and downs. It's made up of tastes of success and a lot more rejection.

The early days were really difficult because it was constant no's, I didn't have an agent. I always knew that I had something to offer, but it just felt like I could never get someone to give me a chance.

For the longest time, I was auditioning, getting called back, and I had a long string of things not going my way. I thought, 'Maybe this is never going happen. Maybe I'll never book a commercial.'

I was kicked out of The Stars And Stripes twice, and finally got back in.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after a crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday.

When I made my Broadway debut, I was still cleaning houses, something I'd done since I went out on my own at 15.

I just assume that I'll fail at something for several years - that I'll try my hardest and still fail for several years. With writing, that turned out to be wrong. I tried my hardest and failed for about fifteen years.

I tried to get into the National Youth Theatre and didn't, and I tried to get into drama school and didn't, and then I went to university and was really delighted that I went there. I think having the word 'no' can be quite creative.

If I went by all the rejection I've had in my career, I should have given up a long time ago.

Yes, I am a failed playwright. I had three shows on Broadway by the time I was 30. They all flopped, and I fled.

I've been through my fair share of highs and lows. Yes, I've been written off, and it amazes me, and it amuses me, also, when I'm written off by the press cause then I tell them that's just the lull before the storm. And every time I've been down, I've been down, never out. So it just makes me work a lot harder.

I remember when I was on 'Saturday Night Live' my first year, and I wasn't getting much. I was down; I was ready to quit.

I'm talking to anyone who has been dumped - have not gotten the job you really wanted or have received those horrible rejection letters from grad school. You know, the disappointment of losing, or not getting something you badly want. When that happens, show what you are made of.

When the time came to make a decision about what do in life, I found myself thinking that acting was the thing I loved to do, so I applied to drama school. And then, I didn't get in - twice.

We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.

In my early days, I auditioned a lot. Mostly, I didn't get anywhere.

I had my share of rejections.

The best piece of life advice I've ever been given is to not take every no to heart - especially with my Little Fires Everywhere audition story.