Published 22:35 IST, October 8th 2019

Tyler Perry tells Gayle King that he feels ignored in Hollywood

In an interview with Gayle King on October 7, director Tyler Perry said that Hollywood often ignores him since they do not understand him and his audience

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American director and producer Tyler Perry in an interview with Gayle King on October 7 said that Hollywood often igres him. When asked if he thinks that Hollywood gets him, he said that he clearly believes that he is igred in Hollywood and that it is fine. Gayle King while speaking to media called Perry ' most successful mogul Hollywood has ever igred'. He recently marked grand opening of  Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta which is one of largest of its kind. He is first African-American in US to own such a huge film studio. grand opening of his studio was attended by personalities like Spike Lee, Oprah Winfrey, Samuel L. Jackson, and Beyoncé. 

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Perry speaks of igrance

While speaking to King about igrance he faced in Hollywood, Perry said that his audience and stories he tells are African-American. se stories limit mselves to a section of audience targeting group of people he kws, he grew up with, and ones who speak same langu as him. He said that Hollywood will t understand that langu as many critics don't speak it. He said that he was on movie sets that don't have or mirity representation. He n talks about African-Americans and LGBTQ people that come to work on those sets. He said that y are all represented as working hand in hand. 

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Perry says that he doesn't seek validation

In interview, he also said that he kws what he does is important as he touches several across world. He kws how important each and every word, joke, laugh is to those people and what it does for people where he comes from and writes for. As he has often been criticized by his colleagues, King asked him if he seeks validation or that wasn't something that he paid attention to. Perry laughed off question saying that he is t doing all this to seek validation. He asks to ones who doubt him to visit such streets and see people over re. He asks m to see those underdogs and tell him if what he is doing doesn't matter to m.

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(With inputs from ncies)

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19:46 IST, October 8th 2019