After I graduated in Vancouver, I had been working on a book about war-affected children and land mines with the foreign minister - he was working at a place on campus and hired me. I then got a job as a Human Rights and Refugees Officer in London, and I loved working there.

Hannah Simone

Fusion fashion - that's what I'm inspired by, taking all these different cultures and then trying to put it together that a girl here would love to wear.

Hannah Simone

Love Yin Would

My mom, well, she's half Greek, half German-Italian; born in England. She's just a nomad. She loves Middle Eastern style, Indian style, so much so that she ended up having Indian babies.

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Mom Love Easter

When I lived in London, I worked at the U.N. for a while as its human rights and refugees officer. I have two degrees, and my second was in radio. I was a programmer and news reporter in Canada. My CV looks bananas.

Hannah Simone

Work Worked While

Once you get a kitten, the natural thing you do is take a billion photos.

Hannah Simone

You Thing Thin

I worked at the United Nations.

Hannah Simone

Work Worked United Nations

My life is so crazy! I learned early on to really embrace change and enjoy the ride.

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Life Change T

I would not give up my eyelash curler.

Hannah Simone

Would URL Up

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

Hannah Simone

Science Vision Two

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.

Hannah Simone

Great Wit Took

You can't force chemistry. It's either there or it's not. You can't create it.

Hannah Simone

You Try T

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

Hannah Simone

Mom Change Would

I find there's this weird anger thing: Someone will approach me at the bar and say, 'Hey, can I buy you a drink?' And I'll say, 'No, I'm okay.' And then all of a sudden, there's this male anger flip, where they go, 'Oh, you know what? I wasn't even gonna buy you a drink, 'cause you're not even that cute anyway,' and walk away.

Hannah Simone

Anger You Will

I am passionate about human rights.

Hannah Simone

T Rights Right

The thing about dating someone who listens to a totally different genre than you is they can help you find things to appreciate in that genre.

Hannah Simone

You Who Totally

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.

Hannah Simone

Music You Would

I went to high schools in four different countries. The gift is that you can constantly reinvent yourself. I still feel that freedom. One day, I'll wear a dress I got in India; the next, Converse sneakers and jeans.

Hannah Simone

Freedom Yourself Yours

I'm not afraid of change, let's put it that way.

Hannah Simone

Change Way T

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

Hannah Simone

Yin Way Us

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.

Hannah Simone

Work Youth You

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

Hannah Simone

Good Wit While

Everyone is your friend if you say yes, but say no and watch how they react. It's been a huge life lesson for me.

Hannah Simone

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

Hannah Simone

It's aspirational for me. I've lived as a cat lady. I'm happy to be a cat lady. I'll continue to be a cat lady. Just bring them all to my house, and I'll keep them all, no problem.

Hannah Simone

Indian weddings, visually, they're so stunning.

Hannah Simone

As a girl growing up in Cyprus, Saudi Arabia and then India, the idea of cracking the industry in America seemed crazy. So thankfully, the way I was raised was to be an open person.

Hannah Simone

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.

Hannah Simone

I'm just a really big fan of street style. When I went to New York for Fashion Week, it was great to watch everyone on the runway and see all the beautiful clothes and to get ideas, but again, I think it's just about being open and looking around.

Hannah Simone

If I could travel back in time, I'd bring back the entire Wu-Tang Clan.

Hannah Simone

I grew up in Saudi Arabia and India and Cyprus, and I lived in a war-zone myself, and, I mean, I had a pretty bizarre, I guess, nomadic childhood, and so I was really drawn to international relations and political science.

Hannah Simone

It just seemed like an unattainable dream to go down to Los Angeles and to land a professional working, acting gig on a show that you really love with a character you really connect with. That doesn't seem possible; that seems insane.

Hannah Simone

If you look at my career path, I was a human rights and refugees officer for the United Nations. I helped research a book for Lloyd Axworthy. I've worked in coffee shops. I've sold clothes. I've hosted TV shows, and now I'm acting.

Hannah Simone

Think about it: if the world could see how much adoption means from a cat's point of view, shelters would be empty.

Hannah Simone

I love to do Pilates, Bar Method, and spin. I'm addicted.

Hannah Simone

I think eventually I'd love to get into directing.

Hannah Simone

I have an extended family of close friends, guy and girls.

Hannah Simone

We all have our strengths and our failings.

Hannah Simone

Physical intimacy is easy. Emotional intimacy is hard.

Hannah Simone

Most high-level models that I've ever met are actually well-travelled; they're cultured, and no guy laying a cheesy line on them is actually going to impact their world.

Hannah Simone

I am a little obsessed with surprise kitty.

Hannah Simone

If someone wants to take me on a date? I don't know if I'd say no.

Hannah Simone

I think being called a cat lady is a compliment. It means you have adopted a tiny little maniac into your life.

Hannah Simone

It is so cool to think that there are two female, Indian actresses on prime-time American network television who are considered attractive and funny and smart.

Hannah Simone

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

Hannah Simone

Live TV would terrify anybody.

Hannah Simone

I feel like we can't pick who we fall in love with because if we could, we would all make better choices. Your heart just falls where it falls.

Hannah Simone

After I graduated in Vancouver, I had been working on a book about war-affected children and land mines with the foreign minister - he was working at a place on campus and hired me. I then got a job as a Human Rights and Refugees Officer in London, and I loved working there.

Hannah Simone

Everything I've done I've always kind of jumped in headfirst, and it's been a learning curve. Even MuchMusic, I had never done live television before, and all of a sudden you show up, and they're like, 'You ready kid? Let's go.'

Hannah Simone

I also had a hosting position on a home and garden television show - which is a joke if you ever see my apartment.

Hannah Simone

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

Hannah Simone

I move countries every three or four years. I was born in London, and we lived in Canada. Then we lived in Saudi Arabia until the Gulf War broke out, when we were forced to leave. Then we hop-scotched for a while from Holland back to Canada back to Saudi Arabia. Then there was D-day, so we had to get out again.

Hannah Simone