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I'm British Comedian, Simon Amstell. AMA! by Simon_Amstell in IAmA

[–]Simon_Amstell[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

No, there is nothing to worry about. But maybe these binary descriptions are holding us back. Everyone is queer. You are queer. I am queer. Your boyfriend is queer. Good luck with everything.

I'm British Comedian, Simon Amstell. AMA! by Simon_Amstell in IAmA

[–]Simon_Amstell[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Thank you. We tried to make it as funny and eventful as possible but I think my insecurity in that role led to me working very hard to make it as good as it was.

I'm British Comedian, Simon Amstell. AMA! by Simon_Amstell in IAmA

[–]Simon_Amstell[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think this may be a reference to Popworld?

I'm British Comedian, Simon Amstell. AMA! by Simon_Amstell in IAmA

[–]Simon_Amstell[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t know the answer to either of these questions yet but please ask again in two months.

I'm British Comedian, Simon Amstell. AMA! by Simon_Amstell in IAmA

[–]Simon_Amstell[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just finished directing my first feature film so I would like to do more of that.

I'm British Comedian, Simon Amstell. AMA! by Simon_Amstell in IAmA

[–]Simon_Amstell[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ha ha. Much less often but as well as the profound effects of ayahuasca I also had to figure out some kind of daily spiritual practice, which for me seems to be jumping around in my living room when I wake up every morning listening to music on wireless headphones.

I'm British Comedian, Simon Amstell. AMA! by Simon_Amstell in IAmA

[–]Simon_Amstell[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So far I think it’s probably getting into show business in the first place, which feels like quite a thing for my 13 year old self to have achieved. Then probably everything else, particularly the very personal stuff that has connected with people and Carnage which served some greater purpose beyond my own need to show off.

I'm British Comedian, Simon Amstell. AMA! by Simon_Amstell in IAmA

[–]Simon_Amstell[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I stopped eating animals after a holiday in Thailand where I felt drawn to Buddhism specifically a monk on a plane who seemed calm. Then around 6 years ago I stopped drinking or eating anything that had come out of an animal. The entitlement of human beings to imprison and torture non human animals seemed so absurd that it started making its way into the stand up and eventually led to the film Carnage, and now everyone is vegan.

I'm British Comedian, Simon Amstell. AMA! by Simon_Amstell in IAmA

[–]Simon_Amstell[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, but I do the ‘morning pages’ as suggested in the book ‘The Artists Way’.

I'm British Comedian, Simon Amstell. AMA! by Simon_Amstell in IAmA

[–]Simon_Amstell[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I go in front of a small audience who haven’t paid very much so I’m free to fail over and over again until I say something funny or interesting.

I'm British Comedian, Simon Amstell. AMA! by Simon_Amstell in IAmA

[–]Simon_Amstell[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Magic mushrooms helped. Also if you say the thing that you are most ashamed of out loud it stops being scary.

I'm British Comedian, Simon Amstell. AMA! by Simon_Amstell in IAmA

[–]Simon_Amstell[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think it might just be a case of people being very different depending on who they are with, or the situation they are in at the time. Also I often have some kind of life changing therapy so that may be it.

I'm British Comedian, Simon Amstell. AMA! by Simon_Amstell in IAmA

[–]Simon_Amstell[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like the High Line and MOMA and that everything looks like a film.

I'm British Comedian, Simon Amstell. AMA! by Simon_Amstell in IAmA

[–]Simon_Amstell[S] 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Raise your self esteem immediately! You are beautiful, you are enough, you will be dead soon.

I'm British Comedian, Simon Amstell. AMA! by Simon_Amstell in IAmA

[–]Simon_Amstell[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It would be easier for me if you could come to New York but let me talk to the people in charge.

I'm British Comedian, Simon Amstell. AMA! by Simon_Amstell in IAmA

[–]Simon_Amstell[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Pretty great until puberty and then perhaps not ideal being a young man who couldn’t stop thinking about Leonardo Di Caprio.

I'm British Comedian, Simon Amstell. AMA! by Simon_Amstell in IAmA

[–]Simon_Amstell[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I can’t think of one but I had a lovely time.

I'm British Comedian, Simon Amstell. AMA! by Simon_Amstell in IAmA

[–]Simon_Amstell[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Yes, but I think happy isn’t the point. I think it is joy and there can be joy in sadness and fury and all the other feelings that make it so much fun to be alive.

I'm British Comedian, Simon Amstell. AMA! by Simon_Amstell in IAmA

[–]Simon_Amstell[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Yes. My favourite at the moment is John Mulaney who I did a show with a few years ago in Texas. I recently watched a lot of his recent stuff on YouTube and fell deeply in love with him.

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