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'madea' Is A Southern Term. It's Short For 'mother Dear.' So There Are A Lot Of Madeas Out There.

I Don't Do Divas. I Don't Do Entourages. I Don't Do The Hollywood Crap.

I Am So Proud To Be From New Orleans And To Be One Of Those People Who Had Been Displaced. I Wasn't There During That Time, But That's Where I Come From, That Kind Of Poverty, And I'm Very, Very Proud Of That Because It's Given Me My History.

My Mother Was Truly My Saving Grace, Because She Would Take Me To Church With Her. I Would See My Mother Smiling In The Choir, And I Wanted To Know This God That Made Her So Happy. If I Had Not Had That Faith In My Life, I Don't Know Where I Would Be Right Now.

Fear Is A Sprit That Really Can Stop You From Living.