There's a feeling of safety around the idea that no matter what happens in your life, you can always do stand-up. And… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
The changes that have been made in my life have happened because I've looked in great and horrific depth at my own… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
The show 'To Be Free' is about how I think I would be completely free in my life if I don't have… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
About once a week I think about going and living in a cave and meditating instead. I think that would be a… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
I had to lie about who I was between the ages of 13 and 21. Or I felt I did. Because I… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
I used to think like a presenter in real life: ok, we've got five minutes, this has to be a great five… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
If you have some problem in your life and you need to deal with it then use religion it's fine. I use… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
My relationship with my mum is probably the defining one of my life. I was a really shy kid. I wouldn't go… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
The reason anything happened for me at all was because my parents, on advice from a primary school teacher, sent me to… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
I can't bear small talk, it's awful. I want to get beyond that thing of discussing how the weather is a bit… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
The idea of a life plan, "I'm here now, where do I need to go to..." There's always "And then what?" And… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
I am not keen on the idea of an oversharer. I don't like that as a problem. I have more of a… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
I realize that in everything I was saying, that underneath my words was essentially, "why can't we be less judgemental and more… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
I feel like we're all here on this planet, and intimacy is important. I can't bear small talk, it's awful. I want… — 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
