I watched a film called 'Earthlings' years ago and it helped to upset me into veganism, so I thought what I could… — 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
I'm not actually motivated by trying to help anyone or make other people go to therapy. My only aim is that people… — 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 at any point 'Carnage' became on paper preachy or annoying, we made sure something really funny was really near to that… — 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 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'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
