My familyโs said to me from the beginning, โPeople are always going to tell you to pick what you want to be when you grow up. You take that and throw it out the window, thatโs garbage. People are complicated and we love many things and weโre passionate about many things. You can be a human rights activist and also be doing these comedy plays in your community and thatโs OK. All those things are a part of who you are and you can love them equally.
Hannah SimoneMy 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.
Hannah SimoneI 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.
Hannah SimoneIt'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 SimoneI 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