Word? Celebrity Quotes: Week of March 9, 2012

New quotes from Eddie Murphy, Jim Jones and more.

Jim Jones on rumors that girlfriend, Chrissy Lampkin, is pregnant: - “I know there’s been a lot of rumors, but that’s just what they are: rumors.”(Photo: Steve Mack/Getty Images)

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Jim Jones on rumors that girlfriend, Chrissy Lampkin, is pregnant: - “I know there’s been a lot of rumors, but that’s just what they are: rumors.”(Photo: Steve Mack/Getty Images)

Eddie Murphy on possibly playing James Brown in a biopic: - “I just hope it comes together in the next few years. I’m 50. I ain’t going to be able to do a split in a few years. My split days are coming to an end very shortly.”(Photo: Darla Khazei, PacificCoastNews.com)

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Eddie Murphy on possibly playing James Brown in a biopic: - “I just hope it comes together in the next few years. I’m 50. I ain’t going to be able to do a split in a few years. My split days are coming to an end very shortly.”(Photo: Darla Khazei, PacificCoastNews.com)

Nick Cannon on mysterious Lupus diagnosis: - “We thought maybe I caught something from the babies but we discovered it was something more serious.”(Photo: David Livingston/Getty Images)

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Nick Cannon on mysterious Lupus diagnosis: - “We thought maybe I caught something from the babies but we discovered it was something more serious.”(Photo: David Livingston/Getty Images)

Regina King - "If I had to name one it would be either Cooley High or Sparkle. Three women starring in that movie, for girls born in the seventies, you just didn't see that."(Photo: John W. Ferguson/Getty Images)

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Regina King on doing another season of The Boondocks: - "I talked to Aaron [McGruder, the series creator] and it looks like they're working things out. I'm trying to be positive."(Photo: John W. Ferguson/Getty Images)

Janet Jackson on being considered to be a judge on X Factor: - "[I'm] very flattered that X Factor let me know that I was being considered for next season, but it just wouldn't be possible.”(Photo: Kevin Winter/NBCUniversal/Getty Images)

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Janet Jackson on being considered to be a judge on X Factor: - "[I'm] very flattered that X Factor let me know that I was being considered for next season, but it just wouldn't be possible.”(Photo: Kevin Winter/NBCUniversal/Getty Images)

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Tami Roman on why she no longer directs films: - “The whole being in charge of everything that happens on the set — from the actors, to the DP [director of photography] to the sound — it was too overwhelming for my type of personality, because I start cursing people out."(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Tami Roman on why she no longer directs films: - “The whole being in charge of everything that happens on the set — from the actors, to the DP [director of photography] to the sound — it was too overwhelming for my type of personality, because I start cursing people out."(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Andre 3000 on the state of Outkast: - “I can’t really say Outkast is over so it always trips me out when these things get on the internet, and [people] go, Andre said there’s going to be no more Outkast.”(Photo: George Pimentel/WireImage)

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Andre 3000 on the state of Outkast: - “I can’t really say Outkast is over so it always trips me out when these things get on the internet, and [people] go, Andre said there’s going to be no more Outkast.”(Photo: George Pimentel/WireImage)

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Mike Epps on recently cursing out his daughter, Bria, over the phone: - “I love my daughter, but sometimes fathers and daughters have disagreements. It’s hard being a dad, especially a dad of a teenager…I still love her though. Love you, Bria.”(Photo: John Ricard/BET)

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Mike Epps on recently cursing out his daughter, Bria, over the phone: - “I love my daughter, but sometimes fathers and daughters have disagreements. It’s hard being a dad, especially a dad of a teenager…I still love her though. Love you, Bria.”(Photo: John Ricard/BET)

Brandy on her daughter, Sy’rai, getting into show biz: - “It’s crazy because she definitely has the acting and singing bug. But I’ve been like, ‘Look little chick, wait a minute, we’re gonna wait and do it later on.’ If that’s her true purpose it will be revealed to me very soon.”(Photo: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)

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Brandy on her daughter, Sy’rai, getting into show biz: - “It’s crazy because she definitely has the acting and singing bug. But I’ve been like, ‘Look little chick, wait a minute, we’re gonna wait and do it later on.’ If that’s her true purpose it will be revealed to me very soon.”(Photo: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)

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Kerry Washington - “The Color Purple and Coming to America are two great ones. Waiting to Exhale came out when I was in high school, that was a big one.” (Photo: Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images)

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Kerry Washington on working with Eddie Murphy: - “What’s interesting is that Eddie takes comedy very seriously. But he’s incredibly focused. And he is still really so much fun.”(Photo: Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images)

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Tracey Edmonds on Pilar Sanders’s claim she had affair with her ex-hubby Deion: - “I am shocked to learn that Pilar Sanders is trying to drag me and my employees through her pre-nuptial dispute. I cannot understand why she continues to create public issues out of her private life issues and feel very sorry for their children."(Photo: Scott Kirkland/PictureGroup)

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Tracey Edmonds on Pilar Sanders’s claim she had affair with her ex-hubby Deion: - “I am shocked to learn that Pilar Sanders is trying to drag me and my employees through her pre-nuptial dispute. I cannot understand why she continues to create public issues out of her private life issues and feel very sorry for their children."(Photo: Scott Kirkland/PictureGroup)

Ice Cube on starring in the film 21 Jump Street: - "I trip out people because when you're acting you just want to do good in whatever parts you rocking and people tripping [off] ‘F The Police’ back in the day and now you playing a cop. I'm not going to be a cop in real life… But I'll play one if they're giving me millions of dollars."(Photo: John Ricard/BET)

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Ice Cube on starring in the film 21 Jump Street: - "I trip out people because when you're acting you just want to do good in whatever parts you rocking and people tripping [off] ‘F The Police’ back in the day and now you playing a cop. I'm not going to be a cop in real life… But I'll play one if they're giving me millions of dollars."(Photo: John Ricard/BET)