If You're Black, You Can't Just Be

My Friend Madea Has "attitude" That Comes With Wisdom. Back In Our Teens And Twenties, We Thought We Knew Everything And Made All Those Foolish Mistakes. Then, When We Got A Little Older, At Thirty, We Started Getting These Flashes Of Light, Revelations Of What A Great And Lucky Thing It Is That We Didn't Get Caught Doing Those Stupid Things Back Then. Around Forty, If We Are Lucky, We Stop Lying To Ourselves. Fifty And Above, We've Run Out Of Patience For Foolishness. Take Me To The Bottom Line.

The Most Important Thing That I Learned In Growing Up Is That Forgiveness Is Something That, When You Do It, You Free Yourself To Move On.

I Think, You Know, The People That Have Seen My Work, I Think It Speaks To The Possibility Of Getting Better, And, I'm Sorry, I'm Still On The Last Caller.

When You Haven't Forgiven Those Who've Hurt You, You Turn Back Against Your Future. When You Do Forgive, You Start Walking Forward.

What Do You Spend $200 Million On, With A Film? I Can't Wrap My Brain Around That One.