The Ups And Downs Of Sarah Silverman's Career: Triumphs, Failures, And Comebacks

Webthe moment likely seems innocuous from the outside.

Silverman and her snl castmate chris farley had arrived at rehearsal early that day.

The two waited on.

But the new film i smile back is a drama, in which she plays a woman who suffers from profound depression.

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Websilverman was 13 when she hit her first wave of depression, she explains, after coming home from a school camping trip and having something shift inside.

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Websilverman built a career on being provocative.

Now 47, she has been performing stand up since she was 19.

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At 22, she got what looked to be her big break:

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