Tyler Perry

Actor, director and producer Tyler Perry appears on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on Oct. 20, 2010.

Tyler Perry Opens Up About Traumatic Childhood

Tyler Perry attends the preview screening of "Why Did I Get Married Too?" at Brixton Ritzy on May 21, 2010, in London.

Director Tyler Perry attends the special screening of "Why Did I Get Married Too?" at the School of Visual Arts Theater on March 22, 2010, in New York.

TV personality Oprah Winfrey and executive producer Tyler Perry attends the 82nd Annual Academy Awards Governor's Ball on March 7, 2010, in Hollywood, Calif.

Actor/director Tyler Perry presents onstage during the 82nd Annual Academy Awards on March 7, 2010, in Hollywood, Calif.

Director Tyler Perry and actress Taraji P. Henson in the audience during the 41st NAACP Image awards held at The Shrine Auditorium on Feb. 26, 2010, in Los Angeles.

Director Tyler Perry arrives at the 41st NAACP Image awards held at The Shrine Auditorium on Feb. 26, 2010, in Los Angeles.

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The New Yorker's Henry Finder interviews Tyler Perry at The 2009 New Yorker Festival: Tyler Perry Interview at Cedar Lake on Oct. 17, 2009, in New York.

Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry attend the premiere of the film "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" at AFI Fest 2009 in Los Angeles, Nov. 1, 2009.

From left, actors Mary J. Blige, Kwesi Boakye, Taraji P. Henson, and actor/writer/director Tyler Perry attend the New York premiere of "Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself" on Sept. 8, 2009, in New York.

Directer/Actor Tyler Perry attends the premiere of "Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail" in New York on Feb. 18, 2009.

Stevie Wonder, right, performs with host Tyler Perry, left, and Halle Berry during the finale of the 40th NAACP Image Awards on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009, in Los Angeles.

Will Smith, left, is greeted by Tyler Perry at the unveiling of Perry's new motion picture and television studio in Atlanta, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008.

Writer, actor, director, producer Tyler Perry attends Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World Gala on Thursday, May 8, 2008, in New York.

Tyler Perry accepts the award for outstanding supporting actor in a motion picture for "Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?" at the 39th NAACP Image Awards on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008, in Los Angeles.

Director Tyler Perry arrives as a guest at the premiere of the film "The Great Debaters" in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007.

Director Tyler Perry, Isan Elba (daughter of leading man Idris Elba), and her father pose together at the Hollywood premiere of "Daddy's Little Girls" on Feb. 7, 2007.

Director Tyler Perry and singer Mary J. Blige attend the Hollywood premiere of "Daddy's Little Girls" on Feb. 7, 2007.

Tracee Ellis Ross, director Tyler Perry and Gabrielle Union attend the Hollywood premiere of "Daddy's Little Girls" on Feb. 7, 2007.

Actor Tyler Perry arrives for the Film Life's 2006 Black Movie Awards at the Shrine Wiltern Theater on Oct. 15, 2006, in Los Angeles.