Celebrity Quotes of the Week: Zendaya Slams Giuliana Rancic's Insensitive Comments

Plus, words from Chris Brown and Erykah Badu.

Zendaya on Giuliana Rancic's insensitive comments about her hair at the Oscars: - “There is a fine line between what is funny and disrespectful. Someone said something about my hair at the Oscars that left me in awe… To say that an 18-year-old young women with locs must smell of patchouli oil or “weed” is not only a large stereotype but outrageously offensive.”(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Zendaya on Giuliana Rancic's insensitive comments about her hair at the Oscars: - “There is a fine line between what is funny and disrespectful. Someone said something about my hair at the Oscars that left me in awe… To say that an 18-year-old young women with locs must smell of patchouli oil or “weed” is not only a large stereotype but outrageously offensive.”(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Lee Daniels on Mo'Nique's comments about being blackballed in Hollywood: - “She was making unreasonable demands, and she wasn’t thinking — this was when reverse racism was happening, I think. You have to thank the producers of the film, you have to thank the studio, and she didn’t understand that. I love her, I’ve spoken to her. She’s brilliant, and I love working with brilliant people.”(Photo: Earl Gibson III/WireImage)

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Lee Daniels on Mo'Nique's comments about being blackballed in Hollywood: - “She was making unreasonable demands, and she wasn’t thinking — this was when reverse racism was happening, I think. You have to thank the producers of the film, you have to thank the studio, and she didn’t understand that. I love her, I’ve spoken to her. She’s brilliant, and I love working with brilliant people.”(Photo: Earl Gibson III/WireImage)

Big Sean on wanting a family in five years: - “Kids? Five years? I do want kids. Yeah, I definitely want kids. I want a family.”(Photo: Chelsea Lauren/Getty Images)

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Big Sean on wanting a family in five years: - “Kids? Five years? I do want kids. Yeah, I definitely want kids. I want a family.”(Photo: Chelsea Lauren/Getty Images)

Larry Wilmore on Rudy Giuliani's comments about President Obama: - "Most of the world came together after that happened… In fact, it was such a powerful, intoxicating event that, for a brief shining moment, the entire world forgot what a colossal prick you are!”(Photo: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)

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Larry Wilmore on Rudy Giuliani's comments about President Obama: - "Most of the world came together after that happened… In fact, it was such a powerful, intoxicating event that, for a brief shining moment, the entire world forgot what a colossal prick you are!”(Photo: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)

Erykah Badu on being stranded in Dallas-Fort Worth Airport: - "It's hard out here for a pimp, you know?... I'm just trying to get to Los Angeles. I just have to wait a little bit longer.”(Photo: Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images)

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Erykah Badu on being stranded in Dallas-Fort Worth Airport: - "It's hard out here for a pimp, you know?... I'm just trying to get to Los Angeles. I just have to wait a little bit longer.”(Photo: Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images)

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Bobby Shmurda on wanting out of his Epic Records contract: - “I’m going to try my best to go back on the deal. If not, I’ll give them their music and bounce.”(Photo: Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Bobby Shmurda on wanting out of his Epic Records contract: - “I’m going to try my best to go back on the deal. If not, I’ll give them their music and bounce.”(Photo: Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

Chris Brown on The-Dream's comments that R&B singers want to be rappers: - "In his case, I don't know if he gets to do what we do… I’m just saying he's not Chris Brown, and he's not Tyga and he's not Trey Songz… He's a great writer. I can also be hating and say writers want to be artists. They can make great songs but they can't perform them... I'm being honest.”(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Chris Brown on The-Dream's comments that R&B singers want to be rappers: - "In his case, I don't know if he gets to do what we do… I’m just saying he's not Chris Brown, and he's not Tyga and he's not Trey Songz… He's a great writer. I can also be hating and say writers want to be artists. They can make great songs but they can't perform them... I'm being honest.”(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

John Legend and Common on their Oscar win: - "This bridge was once a landmark of a divided nation, but is now a symbol of change… We wrote this song for a film about events that took place fifty years ago, but Selma is now. There are more Black men under correctional control today than under slavery in 1850… March on.”(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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John Legend and Common on their Oscar win: - "This bridge was once a landmark of a divided nation, but is now a symbol of change… We wrote this song for a film about events that took place fifty years ago, but Selma is now. There are more Black men under correctional control today than under slavery in 1850… March on.”(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Dear White People writer and director Justin Simien on why he wrote this story: - "I started writing this movie some 10 years ago as an impulse because I didn't really see my story out there in the culture… I tried to put myself in the culture. That can be difficult when, along the way, there's really nothing there to tell you that you belong there… I’m very grateful. If you don't see yourself in the culture, please put yourself there, because we need you. We need to see the world from your eyes.”(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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Dear White People writer and director Justin Simien on why he wrote this story: - "I started writing this movie some 10 years ago as an impulse because I didn't really see my story out there in the culture… I tried to put myself in the culture. That can be difficult when, along the way, there's really nothing there to tell you that you belong there… I’m very grateful. If you don't see yourself in the culture, please put yourself there, because we need you. We need to see the world from your eyes.”(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Viola Davis on her career following her two Oscar nominations: - “There’s the reality of being an actor, especially after two Academy Award nominations, and there’s the fantasy… People oversimplify it by saying, start a production company, get your own stuff going on…as if it’s that easy. I’ve had a production company for years. We have great projects coming up, but it’s been a battle, okay? At the same time, you have to stay relevant because you have to be bankable to the foreign market.”(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Viola Davis on her career following her two Oscar nominations: - “There’s the reality of being an actor, especially after two Academy Award nominations, and there’s the fantasy… People oversimplify it by saying, start a production company, get your own stuff going on…as if it’s that easy. I’ve had a production company for years. We have great projects coming up, but it’s been a battle, okay? At the same time, you have to stay relevant because you have to be bankable to the foreign market.”(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Jennifer Hudson on her role on Empire: - "It is the best vibe ever. I think that's part of the magic in the show, you know. It just has this specialness about it. It gives that platform, that outlet, you know, because there's not many shows like that."(Photo: Steve Granitz/WireImage)

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Jennifer Hudson on her role on Empire: - "It is the best vibe ever. I think that's part of the magic in the show, you know. It just has this specialness about it. It gives that platform, that outlet, you know, because there's not many shows like that."(Photo: Steve Granitz/WireImage)