Hannah Simone Quotes

Live TV would terrify anybody.

I remember the first time my friend Colin Lewis, who used to be a judge with me on a show on MuchMusic called 'disBAND,' told me, 'I think I just found your next favorite artist to adore.' He sent me The Weeknd, and he was completely spot on. The Weeknd is literally on every playlist I have.

I played ping-pong with Prince. That's pretty surreal. He gave me a lesson before we played; like, he's great. He's a master at it, so I took the free lesson.

The first concert that my parents took me to was in this canyon in Saudi Arabia called Buttermilk Canyon. You sleep under the stars in the desert, and ex-pats - German, Swiss, Canadian, American - would play classical music that filled the whole canyon.

All of my relationships have happened organically with people who are super cool and in my life and it just moved into a relationship zone.

I had two different degrees: One in International Relations/Political Science and another degree in Radio and Television Production.

I lived on the Greek side of Cypress, and I think that's also where my interest in politics really started to come alive. It was the first time that I was told I couldn't go somewhere: My grandfather's house is on the Turkish side, but we were not allowed to go there.

It's always exciting when you love something and you get the opportunity to share it with more people.

While I was growing up all over, in all my different schools, I was always doing theater, auditioning for plays.

The Weeknd is the dopeness.

My family never told me like you have to be one thing. What do you want to be when you grow up? They think it's the most ridiculous question. You can be many, many things.

I've never been on a date.

People know not to mess with my friends or my family because it's not going to work out well for you.

I got a job as a human rights and refugees officer, working on youth-based projects. But I realized all the kids I was working with were far more into 'The Daily Show' than the policy briefings.

Physical intimacy is easy. Emotional intimacy is hard.

When I lived in India, I'd speak like an Indian to get good prices while shopping. I'm good with accents.

I went to Coachella once, and it was only to go see Leonard Cohen. I got in the car and sat through all the crazy traffic in L.A. to get there - instead of a two hour drive, it takes, like, six hours. Then I watched his set and turned around and left. I just so wanted to see him perform in the desert.

I guess there are all these women with a big secret - they're hiding men they are ashamed of. They come up to me and say: 'I've been dating this guy for six months in secret but none of my friends know. I can't give him up even though he's embarrassing.'

When I lived in London, I worked three jobs and had such long work days.

I am passionate about human rights.

I've been on stage since I was eight.

It comes down to personal style, and that's what's sexy and attractive in a man.

'Curvy' is just a polite way of saying 'fat.'

I dated someone in the '90s who was really into Metallica, and I remember thinking at the time, 'That just sounds so heavy and hard.' But they have great ballads! Great ballads.

It's funny, I was talking to somebody who writes for a cop show, and he was saying how they aren't allowed to acknowledge Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, just because it has to be able to play forever.

The best place to live is where you are right now.

My mom used to call me a parrot, because the way I spoke would change in every country we'd go to.