Tyler Perry on Why He Decided to Quit Playing Madea and Whether She’ll Return: ‘We’ll See’
Tyler Perry may be hanging up his gray Madea wig, but the actor, writer and producer is careful to never say never.The 50-year-old tells People in this week’s issue that while Madea — the sharp-tongued southern matriarch he debuted in plays and first brought to the big screen in 2005’s Diary of a Mad Black Woman — will remain close to his heart, he was ready to retire the character after last March’s A Madea Family Funeral.“I stayed that course bringing joy and laughter and lifting people,” he says.
“It had its purpose and its power.
For right now I’m done.
