LOU GOSSETT JR SAYS TYLER PERRY IS A CLASSIC DIRECTOR

Lou Gossett, Jr. puts Tyler Perry as a director right up there with Steven Spielberg.

Veteran actor Lou Gossett, Jr. stars in Daddy’s Little Girls and was so impressed by new director Tyler Perry’s professionalism it reminded him of Hollywood’s classic directors like Steven Spielberg.

The star of the classic film An Officer and A Gentleman compares Tyler to his directing heroes.

“Tyler Perry is one of these great stories living homeless out of a car. I was teasing him I said, ‘you might’ve been homeless in a car but as big as you it had to be an Escalade.’ It was no tiny car, but he’s a success story. I think Tyler is one of those pleasant throwbacks. What I mean by a pleasant throwback, Mel Gibson is a pleasant throwback. Spielberg and some of those kind of guys, they’re artists and they’re the throwbacks. There are a lot of businessmen in our business and things are done for the dollar. It’s wonderful to prove that something of value and something of quality is worth a long dollar.”

Lou says Perry’s directing style reminds him of another Oscar nominated director.

“That’s kind of like a Clint Eastwood film. Clint sends the script to the production office and by the time everybody gets here everything is ready. Tyler is creating a family, a wonderful family.”

Lou Gossett Jr has four films in the works. He is currently filming The Perfect Game based on a true story of the first Mexican baseball team to win the Little League World Series.