I'm not playing a character. What I'm doing though is taking the worst, most shameful, peculiar, or troubling aspects of my personality. So there are elements of me that are not there. The happy version of me is not really… — 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
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 Image
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 Image
As a teenager, I found a lot of courage through people on the television being funny or subversive. — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image