-How's the fam? How's the kid?
How old is your --
-He's 5 years old, same as your kid.
-That's right, yeah. -Yeah, yeah.
-Oh, so cute. -It's a good age.
-It's a good age, right? -Yeah, yeah.
-It's super-fun. That's awesome.
-Yeah, they're having, like, a lot of good times.
-Does he know what you do for a living or...
-You know, he's just starting to ask all those
questions now -- right? -- about, you know,
"Dad, is this your other house?"
And we have this thing now where me and his mom --
we do this thing.
It's like -- This used to work. It doesn't work anymore.
"Dad, is this your plane?" Right?
"So, yeah, but, son, you're going on mommy's plane,
and mommy likes to have lots of people on her plane.
So there's, like --" It's commercial airline.
So, he's like, "Oh, okay. That should be fun."
I'm like, "Yeah, I'm sure there will be
other kids on there, too."
-That used to work, yeah.
-No, but when they start asking these kind of questions,
first, it was -- You know you go through this stage of,
"What is this?
What is that? What is that?"
Then you get to "Did you know..."
Now he's like a little professor.
"Did you know that a cheetah is the fastest land animal?
Did you know --" Are you at the "did you know" stage?
-Oh, yeah.
I'm at the "did you know" everything.
They know everything.
-No, no, this kid sends me to Google.
I'm like, "Yes, I did know that."
I'm like, "Did I really know that?"
-"I didn't know that at all." -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-What a year for you. -It's been good.
-Everything has been great.
I want to talk about the studios.
I'm just a fan of your career.
-I thought you were talking about 2020.
It just started, but it's been great.
You're talking about '19. -Oh, '19.
Sorry. Last year was a good year.
-Last year was a great year.
-Last year was a good year.
Well, because last year was your birthday.
-Yeah, turned 50 years old. -5-0.
-Yeah, yes. [ Cheers and applause ]
Thank you, brother. Thank you.
-I follow you on Instagram, by the way.
@Tylerperry is a good follow, if you want to follow someone.
This is -- You posted this.
This a side-by-side photo of you.
-Yeah. -5-year-old Tyler Perry.
-5-year-old and 50-year-old, yeah.
-That's pretty cool.
I love the caption.
You said, "Dear 5-year-old me, may I just say
thank you to the little boy that I was.
Thank you for all you went through to allow me
to be the man I am today.
I love you.
And I'm so thankful to God that you survived
even when I didn't want to.
Your pureness and innocence ushered me here.
Thank you for these 50 years. I love you. We made it."
-Yeah. That's pretty good, right?
-That's great.
-I think everybody should do that --
write a letter to your younger self.
Just an appreciation letter to your younger self.
It's really cathartic and really healing.
So, yeah.
-I mean, was there a time where you thought,
"I couldn't do it"?
-Oh, for sure. Many times, yeah.
-Really?
-But my mother was this incredible woman of faith,
and she would always push me to keep going.
But, yeah, that's why I tell people,
"If you give up now, you'll never know
what the other side is,"
because everything on the planet, there's an opposite.
Up, down. In, out. You know, male, female.
So, the pain and suffering that you're going through --
there's got to be an opposite.
You just got to push to get to it.
-Yeah. Wow. -Yeah.
-That's really cool. I like that.
-It's true. -Look at you now.
I mean, we had Will Smith and Martin Lawrence
on our show last week, and...
-Love those guys.
-...they showed me a photo from your studio...
-How crazy is that?
-...with Wesley and Eddie Murphy.
-Yeah. -And where were you?
-Wasn't invited to take that picture.
I'm like, "You could have called me,
let me come downstairs, and take the picture."
-Exactly. Right. -No, I was actually out of town.
-This is Tyler Perry Studios. -Yeah. But I was out of town.
But I would have loved to have been in that photo, man.
That's iconic to have these guys in there.
And I think Tracy Morgan is over here.
The camera just didn't get him. -Is he really?
-Yeah, he was there, as well. -That's hilarious.
-Wakanda from "Black Panther"
and Zamunda from "Coming to America"
is Tyler Perry Studios.
They've been shot there. -Is that right?
-That's pretty cool, right? -That's not bad at all.
Absolutely. That's giant.
I want you to talk about this, 'cause this must a cool --
-Oh, yeah. -This is a cool thing.
-The highway sign. -That's a real sign.
-Real sign.
No, yeah, I didn't Photoshop. -I just want to make sure.
-Yeah, nothing's real on Instagram.
But, no, that's actually real. -This one's actually real.
-Driving to work, yeah. This is the exit to the studios.
That's Tyler Perry Studios' exit.
And right next to it is Sylvan Road,
and that is where, when I was -- first moved to Atlanta,
struggling, broke, didn't have a dream,
trying to figure out where I was going to make it,
how I was going to make it, moved in with my cousin.
My cousin ended up homeless, living off of Sylvan Road.
And now, this exit -- they both remind me of the juxtaposition,
the beginning and where I am now.
So it's pretty awesome.
-I mean, that's amazing.
-Yeah. Everything means something to me, man.
-It's an amazing studio.
I know you had this giant opening gala,
and it was -- everyone who was anyone was there
and it was beautiful.
-Yeah, it was amazing. -Congratulations on that.
-Thank you. -I mean, I just -- It's insane.
It's 330 acres. -Yeah. 330 acres.
One of the most surprising facts about it is --
it was once a former Confederate Army base.
So the Confederate Army was on this land,
plotting and planning to keep Negroes enslaved,
and now that land is owned by this Negro.
It's pretty amazing. [ Cheers and applause ]
It's pretty amazing. Yeah. It's pretty amazing.
-That's awesome.
-Welcome to Black History Month, yeah.
Yeah.
-I got to talk about, speaking of that,
your movie that comes out Friday --
"A Fall From Grace."
-Yeah.
-I could ruin the whole thing right now.
-Yeah, don't, Jimmy. Come on. -I could spoil the --
-Are you one of those who wants to tell everybody?
-I could spoil the whole thing. -Don't do it. Don't do it.
-Dude, it's a good --
-Yeah, it's a thriller with so many twists and turns.
You know, I write these stories -- boy meets girl,
girl gets her heart broke, she wants revenge.
This one, you'll never figure out the ending.
You don't know where it's going.
It's one of those twist-and-turn thrillers
that keeps you on the edge of your seat.
And I'm so glad it's on Netflix, because everybody
in the whole world gets a chance to see it at the same time.
-But you said, in the -- What did you say?
How many years have you been making movies?
-Well, 15 years since my first movie,
but in the business, 25.
I'd never seen a reaction like this from my audience, ever.
-They flipped out. -Flipped out.
-I know. It's a good one. -Thank you, man.
-It's a good one. -I appreciate it.
You really enjoyed it. That's good.
-I loved it. -Yeah. 'Cause I was like --
-'Cause I've been here, and I've done
movies that you were like, "Eh..."
You were like, "Oh, man, that's great."
-That's your impression of me? -"Oh, man, that's great."
-I don't do that. -You do when the movie sucks.
-No, this one is actually -- I go, "Okay --"
-Look, you said, "Oh, no, this one."
Go on, tell it, Jimmy. Come on, walk further into it.
-No, what I'm saying is -- this one has a twist to it,
because it's, like, a thriller.
Because, no, I love your comedies.
I love all your stuff. -Thank you.
-This one is -- I go, "I think I understand what this movie is.
I get it." And then I did not get it.
-Yeah, exactly right. -And then I go, "Wait, what?"
-Yeah.
-And then there's another little flip.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
-Thank you for not ruining it. -I won't do it ever.
I will never ruin any of your movies.
-Okay, you can ruin it Saturday if it comes out on Friday.
-He dies in the end. No. Just joking. Just joking.
-Oh, man. -Joking, joking.
Come on, I would never do that. I want to show a clip.
Here's a scene from "A Fall From Grace."
Take a look.
-Who are you talking to?
-No, I can't wait to see you, too.
Yeah, I'll call you tomorrow.
Alright. [ Beep ]
-Who you talking to?
-Grace. -Yeah?
-There's two things I don't like.
-Okay.
-One is being checked up on.
And the other is being questioned.
-That's a good line. -Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Intimidating. Intimidating. -Yeah.
-I just want to ask all the white people in America,
please watch the movie.
I know it's a lead black cast, but please watch the movie.
I promise you, you will enjoy yourself, white people.
Thank you for watching.
-Tyler Perry, everybody.