Word? Celebrity Quotes: Week of March 2, 2012

New quotes from Drake, Octavia Spencer, Lil Wayne and more.

Octavia Spencer after winning an Oscar:  - “Thank you, Academy, for putting me with the hottest guy in the room.”(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Octavia Spencer after winning an Oscar:  - “Thank you, Academy, for putting me with the hottest guy in the room.”(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Drake on a cryptic diss from Pusha T: - “I’ve been really open about my love for the Clipse. I don’t know, maybe that guy is bored.”(Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images for Bing)

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Drake on a cryptic diss from Pusha T: - “I’ve been really open about my love for the Clipse. I don’t know, maybe that guy is bored.”(Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images for Bing)

Lil' Wayne on his upcoming sneaker line:   - “Nah, it’s not a Nike or Reebok, I can tell you that much.”(Photo: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

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Lil' Wayne on his upcoming sneaker line:   - “Nah, it’s not a Nike or Reebok, I can tell you that much.”(Photo: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Shaquille O'Neal: March 6 - The NBA all-star celebrates his 39th. (Photo: Scott Kirkland/PictureGroup)

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Shaquille O’Neal on how he succeeded coming from Newark, NJ:  - “My father beat the s*** out of me until I became a leader. He also always stressed, “If you f*** your knee up, what are you going to do? So I educated myself.”(Photo: Scott Kirkland/PictureGroup)

Gwyneth Paltrow - It was no surprise that Bey's bestie, Gwyneth Paltrow, set the record straight on the baby's name. After tweeting: "Welcome to the world Blue! We love you already." A follower asked," is it Ivy Blue, or Blue Ivy? so confused." And @GwynethPaltrow responded: "It's Blue Ivy Carter!"(Photo: Christian Augustin/Getty Images)

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Gwyneth Paltrow on Blue Ivy Carter’s future   - “For sure, she is going to be an entertainer.”(Photo: Christian Augustin/Getty Images)

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Derek Luke on filming Sparkle with Whitney Houston:  - “Whitney’s friends said they’d never seen her more comfortable on a set. She felt at home and made us feel at home.”(Photo: Albert L. Ortega/PictureGroup)

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Derek Luke on filming Sparkle with Whitney Houston:  - “Whitney’s friends said they’d never seen her more comfortable on a set. She felt at home and made us feel at home.”(Photo: Albert L. Ortega/PictureGroup)

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Pharrell Williams on online commenters:  - “Well, the Internet is the tower of babble. It is the collective conscience just ungoverned. Wild cowboy that just says anything.”(Photo: Mark Davis/PictureGroup)

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Pharrell Williams on online commenters:  - “Well, the Internet is the tower of babble. It is the collective conscience just ungoverned. Wild cowboy that just says anything.”(Photo: Mark Davis/PictureGroup)

Marlo Hampton on her past arrests:  - “It’s important for people to know I was on house arrest. Four of those were probation violations and not new charges.”(Photo: Paras Griffin /Landov)

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Marlo Hampton on her past arrests:  - “It’s important for people to know I was on house arrest. Four of those were probation violations and not new charges.”(Photo: Paras Griffin /Landov)

Brandy on recording “The Boy is Mine” with Monica:  - “We were young. We were fighting over a boy.”(photo: John Ricard / BET)

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Brandy on recording “The Boy is Mine” with Monica:  - “We were young. We were fighting over a boy.”(photo: John Ricard / BET)

Jordin Sparks’ memory of filming Sparkle with Whitney Houston: - “…We were having a little dance break while we were waiting for the cameras to change. All of us were just being silly, we were doing The Dougie and she walked in and was like, ‘What is that?’ So we taught her how to do The Dougie [laughs].”(Photo: George Bekich/PictureGroup)

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Jordin Sparks on getting reprimanded by Whitney Houston on the set of Sparkle:   - “The first day she got [to the set] she's scolding me, and I'm thinking this is the best day ever. She went from being this unreachable supernova pop star to my co-star, friend and someone who was like a mentor to me.”(Photo: George Bekich/PictureGroup)

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Debi Mazar on Angelina Jolie’s Oscar leg flash onstage:   - "Why did Angelina [Jolie] do that 'leg thing'? [But] if I had legs like that, I might, I guess."(Photo: Angela Weiss/Getty Images)

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Debi Mazar on Angelina Jolie’s Oscar leg flash onstage:   - "Why did Angelina [Jolie] do that 'leg thing'? [But] if I had legs like that, I might, I guess."(Photo: Angela Weiss/Getty Images)

From Ray J’s book Death of the Cheating Man, discussing an affair with a woman name KK:  - "She let me know she wanted to get with me. She left her husband for me as soon as we started having sex, things between us got intense really fast.”(Photo: AdrianSidney/PictureGroup)

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From Ray J’s book Death of the Cheating Man, discussing an affair with a woman name KK:  - "She let me know she wanted to get with me. She left her husband for me as soon as we started having sex, things between us got intense really fast.”(Photo: AdrianSidney/PictureGroup)

Tamar Braxton Gets Threatened by Evelyn Braxton — Braxton Family Values\r - Tamar Braxton disrespected momma Evelyn Braxton by walking out on her during a family discussion. And Evelyn threatened to "slap the piss" out of Tamar if she ever did it again. (Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Tamar Braxton on her husband Vince Herbert’s health scare:  - “I didn’t know what is going to happen. It went from, ‘Let’s go to dinner' to he’s in intensive care to call your family and friends.”(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Blair Underwood on not having any blemishes in his career or public life:  - “[Laughs]That you could find!” (Photo: Austin Gorum/PictureGroup)

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Blair Underwood on not having any blemishes in his career or public life:  - “[Laughs]That you could find!” (Photo: Austin Gorum/PictureGroup)

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