Books Quote by 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. There's a…

— 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 an insular…

— Simon Amstell

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

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, then that…

— 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 wonderful to…

— Simon Amstell