Celebrity Quotes of the Week: Kanye West Compares Himself to 12 Years a Slave

Plus, words from NeNe Leakes and Lupe Fiasco.

Kanye West compares himself to 12 Years a Slave: - “For me, I felt like the main character [Solomon Northup] in what I’m dealing with, even as a mega-popular-rich-celebrity-f***-you-who-do-you-think-you-are-to-complain-about-anything situation that I’m in."  Photo: Frank Micelotta/Invision/AP)

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Kanye West compares himself to 12 Years a Slave: - “For me, I felt like the main character [Solomon Northup] in what I’m dealing with, even as a mega-popular-rich-celebrity-f***-you-who-do-you-think-you-are-to-complain-about-anything situation that I’m in." Photo: Frank Micelotta/Invision/AP)

NeNe Leakes on her recent health scare:  - "After some routine tests I was diagnosed with blood clots in my lung. I’m told this happened to me because of the constant traveling around the country that I do for my job."(Photo: Ivan Nikolov/WENN.com)

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NeNe Leakes on her recent health scare:  - "After some routine tests I was diagnosed with blood clots in my lung. I’m told this happened to me because of the constant traveling around the country that I do for my job."(Photo: Ivan Nikolov/WENN.com)

Lupe Fiasco on the challenges of being a Muslim in the rap industry:   - "It just depends on who you put yourself around. I'll see friends who smoke and unfortunately some friends who drink, and some other things that we're not supposed to be seeing or doing…at the end of the day we're human."(Photo: Judy Eddy/WENN.com)

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Lupe Fiasco on his new song “Crack”:  - "People are like, 'Yo, how could you make a song about crack?' Well why not? People smoke crack and it's a problem, it's not a problem. Some people love it, some people hate it.”(Photo: Judy Eddy/WENN.com)

Whoopi Goldberg: November 13 - The Oscar winner and View host is 58 this week. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Whoopi Goldberg on criticism from Black audiences: - “When somebody says to you, as dark as I am, ‘You're not Black enough,’ it's like, ‘What are you talking about?’ It's not like I got up yesterday and I was Asian.”(Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Nick Cannon on being ripped off by scam artists:   - “People have stolen my identity. People have charged over $200,000 on my American Express card… It’s all a part of… the celebrity life and being a part of the public eye.”(Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

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Nick Cannon on being ripped off by scam artists:   - “People have stolen my identity. People have charged over $200,000 on my American Express card… It’s all a part of… the celebrity life and being a part of the public eye.”(Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

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Lee Daniels - The inspiration for Daniels' debut film Precious, which earned him multiple Oscar nominations, came not only from the streets of Harlem, where the novel it's based on is set, but from the director's own West Philly neighborhood. “We see Precious in Philly every day on the El, on the bus. She’s there," he said of his unlikely heroine. "She’s with my cousins. She’s deep in my family. She’s everywhere, but we are ignoring her.”  (Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

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Lee Daniels on being on crystal meth:  - “When Halle [Berry] won her Oscar [for Monster’s Ball], I remember her calling, saying, ‘Are you going to the Vanity Fair party?’ and I’m strung out in the Chateau Marmont, methed out of my mind.”(Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

Trina @TRINArockstarr - Tweet: "Happy Bey day!!!!!!!!!!! 💙 http://instagram.com/p/d2PNjqhJ3p/"(Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

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Trina on her friendship with French Montana:  - "He's a very positive person, he's a great, fun person to be around, and that's what I love about him. I guess when people see you with somebody, they automatically think that you're together.”(Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

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Trinidad James calling a truce after sort of dissing New York City:  - “This is not an apology. And I'm never apologizing for the truth. I don't believe in it. But this is to let the city of New York know, I wasn't trying to disrespect you at all.”(Photo: DJDM/WENN.com)

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Trinidad James calling a truce after sort of dissing New York City:  - “This is not an apology. And I'm never apologizing for the truth. I don't believe in it. But this is to let the city of New York know, I wasn't trying to disrespect you at all.”(Photo: DJDM/WENN.com)

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Lenny Kravitz @LennyKravitz - Tweet: "You never know who you will run into in the jungle. Oh s--t, @pharrell! pic.twitter.com/pZsXsOvh"Rock legend, Lenny Kravitz shares this cool pic of him and Pharrell chilling and chatting in the lush greens of some beautiful place.(Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images)

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Lenny Kravitz on whether or not attitudes towards people’s sexuality have changed over the years:  - “Most definitely. I think they’ve changed in the world… greatly.”(Photo: Kris Connor/Getty Images)

Director Francis Lawrence on working with Whitney Houston:  - “When I worked with her, she was fantastic. She was on time. She was great. She was beautiful…talented.”(Photo: Rob Kim/Getty Images)

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Director Francis Lawrence on working with Whitney Houston:  - “When I worked with her, she was fantastic. She was on time. She was great. She was beautiful…talented.”(Photo: Rob Kim/Getty Images)

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Evelyn Lozada, @EvelynLozada - Tweet: "@BOSSIP FYI- He was still playing in the league when I chalked up the deuces & before he filed for bankruptcy! So please quit with the lies!"Bossip posted a sob story from Evelyn's ex-baller boo Antoine Walker accusing his basketball almost-wife of leaving him when he went broke. Ev caught wind and dedicated 140 characters to benching that rumor.(Photo: WENN)

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Evelyn Lozada on why she opted out of Basketball Wives reunion show:  - “Choosing not to beat a dead horse! We all want to move on with life. Didn’t want to keep dwelling on the past.” (Photo: WENN)

Kordell Stewart on wife Porsha’s demand that he financially support her during their divorce proceedings:  - “[She] has the income through appearances, endorsements, Bravo and other entities. [Porsha] should be capable of supporting herself but may not be able to as a result of her own financial negligence.”  (Photo: Paras Griffin /Landov)

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Kordell Stewart’s Internet message to his soon-to-be ex-wife, Porsha:  - “No hoodrat formed against me she prosper.”(Photo: Paras Griffin/Landov)