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

Webthe moment likely seems innocuous from the outside.

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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.

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.

Websilverman built a career on being provocative.

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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: