Simon Amstell: 'It's difficult to retain depression if you're jumping around every morning'
The comedian on shamanic ceremonies, vegan diets and the catharsis of performance You can imagine how the prospect of turning 40 was particularly problematic for Simon Amstell. The film-maker and comedian, who started as a stand-up at 13 and was presenter of the cultish Popworld at 21, has always projected brilliant boyishness. When the dread birthday approached in 2019, he responded, he says, in entirely cliched fas…