“I felt that in the television there was safety, there was a place wher...” — Simon Amstell Quote

“I felt that in the television there was safety, there was a place where you could be entirely yourself and be celebrated rather than put in prison.”

“If you're at a party and you get into a conversation with someone who says, 'Oh, I'm a Christian' or, 'I'm a Muslim' or, 'I'm a Jew,' it's very rude to say, 'Oh, how ridiculous!'”

“I don't want to be a celebrity!”

“The reason anything happened for me at all was because my parents, on advice from a primary school teacher, sent me to a drama club on Saturday mornings to bring me out of my shell, and I learned how to be on stage confidently. I didn't learn how to exist with other people in real life, but I knew how to be on stage or in front of a camera.”

“My mum makes me laugh a lot.”

“I watch all the clips on YouTube of Seinfeld's first 'Tonight Show' and Roseanne, and I'm into those stories of Johnny Carson putting his thumb up and welcoming whoever the person who has done well onto the sofa.”

“What's interesting is, say, the O.J. trial and when the verdict came out, and there were people who celebrated, and there were people who thought that he's guilty, and it's a crime. Those reactions tend to be filtered through our own experiences.”

“The club scene was really like a... they really weren't sure if I was a girl or a transsexual. When they found out, it was celebrated instead of 'Ssshh! Don't tell anyone!' That felt really liberating.”

“Twitter is the most impulsive form of social media, but it's still the most celebrated among politicians and pundits within the Beltway, which is curious, since it can destroy any sense of privacy.”

“Homosexual behavior has been exploited, and reveled in, and celebrated in art, for millennia.”

“Love should be celebrated every day.”

“I don't know any celebrated people that register in a big way who aren't unique.”