I think the thing that connects everything I've done is that I'm just trying to say something truthful, wherever I am. — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
Much more than wanting to be cast as the skinny Jew in something, I'd rather be the guy who is directing the… — 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
You have to keep shedding old skin in order to be reborn as something else. — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
The things I loved growing up, like 'Roseanne,' actually said something about actual human beings. — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in something that's going to make me feel worse afterwards. — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
When I finished 'Benjamin' I just felt satisfied that I had made something that I wanted to make, whether the reviews were… — 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