Tyler Perry sparked Katt Williams to transform an outdated military facility into a production studio.
Williams, who bought Alabama’s Fort McClellan military base last November, addressed questions about the barracks during his Wednesday, March 20 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
“I heard that you bought a military base in Alabama. Is that true? A military base,” Fallon asked around the nine-minute mark of the video below.
“As starving comedians would do,” Williams quipped.
“The reason why my life works in golf and off the golf course is because I follow instruction well,” Williams added. “So if I see somebody do a good job, I just want to do a good job. I’m going to follow the example.”
“So Tyler Perry got a military base, made it into a movie studio, and started making movies,” he continued. Katt Williams…”
When asked if he’s “making movies” like the media mogul, Williams joked that he’s not “wearing dresses,” unlike Perry’s portrayal of Madea.
Williams told GQ about his $1.5 million studio purchase last year, nearly ten years after Perry transformed Atlanta’s Fort McPherson into the 330-acre Tyler Perry Studios. Shows like Sistas and The Haves and the Have Nots were filmed there, along with Marvel’s blockbuster Black Panther. Other stars who’ve launched their own studios include 50 Cent with G-Unit Films and Television and Donald Glover with Gilga.
“It’s just not fair to put all that pressure on Tyler Perry. He can only do so much,” the comedian told GQ.
