As I was about to turn 40, I realised it wasn't going to be possible to carry on being in my 30s.… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
What I discovered about myself is that I really like being in charge. — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in being gratuitously relatable and broadening out what I do in order to reach more people. — 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'm always more scared of things not changing, of not being as alive as I could be. — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
Whether I'm sat next to a pop star or in the middle of a stand-up show, I'm interested in saying the thing… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
There's a freedom of just being new in a place, no matter what that place is. — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
I remember being around 25, at this incredible party in someone's very beautiful garden in Highgate and paper lanterns were being lit… — 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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 wonderful to… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
