Simon Amstell

I don't see the point of doing comedy unless it comes from pain.

— Simon Amstell

My mum makes me laugh a lot.

— Simon Amstell

I've always felt that comedy doesn't just come from misery. It comes from an absurdity around that misery.

— Simon Amstell

I quite like being cheeky and naughty.

— Simon Amstell

The first time I got into therapy was when I was 29 - it's always when I'm about to hit a number.…

— Simon Amstell

I am more interested in finding peace than upsetting anyone.

— Simon Amstell

If you are somebody who is going to at some point be revealed as not like everyone else, then to be in…

— Simon Amstell

I got my first job in television when I was 18, on the kids' cable channel Nickelodeon, introducing the 'Rugrats' and other…

— Simon Amstell

Everything I try to do is about slaying that dragon of shame.

— Simon Amstell

If I'd have been really good at dancing as a kid, if I'd have achieved more than my certificate in preparatory tap,…

— Simon Amstell

I don't feel broken anymore.

— Simon Amstell

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…

— Simon Amstell

I watched a film called 'Earthlings' years ago and it helped to upset me into veganism, so I thought what I could…

— Simon Amstell

You can't think your way to being in love, or able to be loved. However, intellect is also useful for things like…

— Simon Amstell

As a teenager, I found a lot of courage through people on the television being funny or subversive.

— Simon Amstell

I've stopped doing things that aren't clear comedy gigs - to do something that's not "comedy night," it's a difficult thing. People…

— Simon Amstell

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

I think everything I have ever done has been an attempt to reach a hand out to my teenage self and tell…

— Simon Amstell

I know that telling the truth frees me of shame and anxiety.

— Simon Amstell

I was a really weird child.

— Simon Amstell

What I discovered about myself is that I really like being in charge.

— Simon Amstell

If there's anything to be said in a broad way about different audiences it's that I live in a major city, and…

— Simon Amstell

I've solved aspects of myself.

— Simon Amstell

The reason it's satisfying for me to write and perform stand-up is because I get to find out who I am. There's…

— Simon Amstell

Everything needs to be questioned. I have no trust for anything that's regarded as 'the way things are supposed to be.'

— Simon Amstell