Keanu Reeves has poked fun at his so-called "depressing" image by releasing an anti-self-help book titled Ode to Happiness. Last a year, a photo of a sad-looking Reeves sitting on a bench sparked an Internet meme, and soon provoked 'Cheer Up Keanu Day'. Reeves revealed that he penned the book after his friend Janey Bergam found his "self pity" funny. The actor told The Guardian: "I was in my kitchen hanging out with my friend Janey, and the radio was on - and this station was playing, like, an orgy of depressing, self-pitying, nostalgic music. You know: 'I'm so lonely and I've been left and my heart is broken'. It was so voluptuously horrible. "And I just started to write on this piece of paper, because I had this image of, you know, that moment when you take that bath, you light that candle, and you're really (more)...
- 6/18/2011
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
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