“Remember even though the outside world might be raining, if you keep on smiling the sun will soon show its face and smile back at you.”
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My father was an Episcopalian minister, and I've always been comforted by the power of prayer.
Ascetics and fakirs come to mitigate human suffering to heal us and lead us on the path. They put up with criticism they go through many worldly trials. Some of them have even become martyrs for our sake. But they have done all this with a smile and with gratitude to God. Hence sacrifice is a great virtue.
I don't mind a little Sturm und Drang. When I was doing 'Riding in Cars With Boys, ' I wouldn't smile at anybody, because my character, Bev, was angry at the world. I'm the opposite. Inside my head I'd be like, God, I'll explain to you at the end of shooting that I'm not this person.
People who keep stiff upper lips find that it's damn hard to smile.
