TYLER PERRY is the envy of Hollywood. His movies, such as 'Diary of a Mad Black Woman' and 'Madea's Family Reunion,' regularly open at the top of the box office; his films have earned a quarter-billion dollars in the U.S. alone; he has his own production studio in Atlanta; and he's just been listed in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People issue, out now.
But it wasn't always easy for Tyler, who tells ET's KEVIN FRAZIER that the odds were stacked against him growing up in New Orleans, and he even considered suicide during his rags-to-riches journey.
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