Comedy is a place where you can tell all the truths, where you can tell your truth. — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
I want being funny to be something that I can just use rather than something I need. — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
I used to think that laughter would solve everything and I would never be lonely. — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
Thanks to people like Lenny Bruce and George Carlin, it's real freedom to do stand-up comedy. — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
I'm really into comedy where you're not sure whether you're supposed to be laughing or crying. — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
I've always felt that comedy doesn't just come from misery. It comes from an absurdity around that misery. — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
Part of my defence mechanism is humour, so sometimes when I'm being funny, it's just as a way of stopping people from… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
If you are the sort of comedian who's interested in sort of the mundane, then there's something in that and then it's… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
I think as much as I talk about humour being a defence mechanism, I'm also really grateful that I developed it, because… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
To me, stand-up comedy is a place where you can say whatever you want. So to not use that space to say… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
I felt like there was something wrong with me in my twenties but, when I started doing stand up comedy, I learnt… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
I think when I started doing stand-up properly, at 21, I had a feeling like... I wanted to be a comedian before… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
I'll just talk and talk for an hour, an hour and half, until funny things come out of my mouth - often… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
I've stopped doing things that aren't clear comedy gigs - to do something that's not "comedy night," it's a difficult thing. People… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
I've always felt that comedy doesn't just come from misery. It comes from an absurdity around that misery. — Simon Amstell Copy Share
The first time I got into therapy was when I was 29 - it's always when I'm about to hit a number. There's a… — Simon Amstell Copy Share
If you are somebody who is going to at some point be revealed as not like everyone else, then to be in an insular… — Simon Amstell Copy Share
I got my first job in television when I was 18, on the kids' cable channel Nickelodeon, introducing the 'Rugrats' and other programs. It… — Simon Amstell Copy Share
If I'd have been really good at dancing as a kid, if I'd have achieved more than my certificate in preparatory tap, then that… — Simon Amstell Copy Share
If you are the sort of comedian who's interested in sort of the mundane, then there's something in that and then it's wonderful to… — Simon Amstell Copy Share
I watched a film called 'Earthlings' years ago and it helped to upset me into veganism, so I thought what I could do was… — Simon Amstell Copy Share
You can't think your way to being in love, or able to be loved. However, intellect is also useful for things like understanding books. — Simon Amstell Copy Share
As a teenager, I found a lot of courage through people on the television being funny or subversive. — Simon Amstell Copy Share
