Celebrity Quotes of the Week: Kanye West Speaks on His Ego

Plus, words from John Legend and Octavia Spencer.

Kanye West talks removing his ego at Oxford University: - "If I, Kanye West, can remove my ego, I think there's hope for eveyone."(Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week)

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Kanye West talks removing his ego at Oxford University: - "If I, Kanye West, can remove my ego, I think there's hope for eveyone."(Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week)

Adrienne Bailon on being a second wife: - “Initially, it was not my ideal. You don’t seek out, most of the time, somebody that has already been married. Especially because I haven’t.”(Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week)

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Adrienne Bailon on being a second wife: - “Initially, it was not my ideal. You don’t seek out, most of the time, somebody that has already been married. Especially because I haven’t.”(Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week)

Empire co-creator Danny Strong on Mo’Nique never being offered the role of "Cookie." - “We discussed Mo’Nique once very briefly. We never offered her the part. She wasn’t going to be Cookie.”(Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for NYLON)

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Empire co-creator Danny Strong on Mo’Nique never being offered the role of "Cookie." - “We discussed Mo’Nique once very briefly. We never offered her the part. She wasn’t going to be Cookie.”(Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for NYLON)

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G-Unit on their relationship with Dr. Dre: - "We beat somebody up for Dr. Dre, I can say it now. No disrespect to L.A., but it was a whole lot of New York dudes beating somebody up for Dr. Dre. He’s cool, I like his music and everything, but I feel like when you beat somebody up, they owe you a little bit."(Photo: Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images)

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G-Unit on their relationship with Dr. Dre: - "We beat somebody up for Dr. Dre, I can say it now. No disrespect to L.A., but it was a whole lot of New York dudes beating somebody up for Dr. Dre. He’s cool, I like his music and everything, but I feel like when you beat somebody up, they owe you a little bit."(Photo: Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images)

John Legend on justice amidst Bahrain’s human rights controversy: - "A just society is one built not on fear or repression or vengeance or exclusion, but one built on love. Love for our families. Love for our neighbors. Love for the least among us. Love for those who look different or worship differently. Love for those we don’t even know.”(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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John Legend on justice amidst Bahrain’s human rights controversy: - "A just society is one built not on fear or repression or vengeance or exclusion, but one built on love. Love for our families. Love for our neighbors. Love for the least among us. Love for those who look different or worship differently. Love for those we don’t even know.”(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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Octavia Spencer on Neil Patrick Harris’s Oscar act not being racist: - “If a woman had been in the scene besides myself, a white woman, would it have been a sexist thing?... I mean, it’s just crazy that we’ve lost our sense of humor.”(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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Octavia Spencer on Neil Patrick Harris’s Oscar act not being racist: - “If a woman had been in the scene besides myself, a white woman, would it have been a sexist thing?... I mean, it’s just crazy that we’ve lost our sense of humor.”(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Hugh Jackman on morality and his role in CHAPPiE: - "The point my character tries to make in the film is, you can't send someone into [a tense situation] who doesn't have a moral compass.”(Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

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Hugh Jackman on morality and his role in CHAPPiE: - "The point my character tries to make in the film is, you can't send someone into [a tense situation] who doesn't have a moral compass.”(Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

Michelle Rodriguez on casting diverse superheroes being “stupid": - “Stop stealing all the white people’s superheroes. Make up your own. What’s up with that?”(Photo: Mark Davis/Getty Images)

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Michelle Rodriguez on casting diverse superheroes being “stupid": - “Stop stealing all the white people’s superheroes. Make up your own. What’s up with that?”(Photo: Mark Davis/Getty Images)

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Malik Yoba on being misquoted when talking about Jussie Smollett’s sexuality: - “I was misquoted in the article. My reference to Jussie was only about his character and storyline on Empire.”(Photo: Rommel Demano/Getty Images)

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Malik Yoba on being misquoted when talking about Jussie Smollett’s sexuality: - “I was misquoted in the article. My reference to Jussie was only about his character and storyline on Empire.”(Photo: Rommel Demano/Getty Images)

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Terrence Howard talks his Oscar fumble: - "I get out there, and I'm breathing, and I got this memorized. I've worked 18 hours to work this out, I'm about to kill it, and then I get out there, and there's Oprah… there's Quest[love]… I thought I had it together, and then I hit the microphone, and I was like, 'Maybe nobody noticed.’"(Photo: Mark Davis/Getty Images)

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Terrence Howard talks his Oscar fumble: - "I get out there, and I'm breathing, and I got this memorized. I've worked 18 hours to work this out, I'm about to kill it, and then I get out there, and there's Oprah… there's Quest[love]… I thought I had it together, and then I hit the microphone, and I was like, 'Maybe nobody noticed.’"(Photo: Mark Davis/Getty Images)

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Kandi Burruss on her and husband Todd coming to a compromise about her wearing bonnets to bed: - “He’s always talking crap about my bonnet. That’s nothing new. We’re coming to a compromise about the bonnet. I’ll just put it on after he’s asleep.”(Photo: Paras Griffin/Getty Images for ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Department)

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Kandi Burruss on her and husband Todd coming to a compromise about her wearing bonnets to bed: - “He’s always talking crap about my bonnet. That’s nothing new. We’re coming to a compromise about the bonnet. I’ll just put it on after he’s asleep.”(Photo: Paras Griffin/Getty Images for ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Department)

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Chris Spencer on men being just as catty as women: - "We realized men are just like these women. They are catty and backstabbing and guys also realized that too."(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images for NAACP Image Awards)

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Chris Spencer on men being just as catty as women: - "We realized men are just like these women. They are catty and backstabbing and guys also realized that too."(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images for NAACP Image Awards)

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