Sarah Silverman is nominated for the first time in the Screen Actors Guild Awards for her drama film, "I Smile Back;" but the actress revealed in an interview that she initially could not believe she got a nod at SAG.
Amy Zvi, Sarah Silverman's manager, was the first one to tell her she got a nomination at the SAG Awards and according to Silverman, Zvi was sobbing when she called.
"I answered the phone and she was sobbing," Sarah Silverman told People. "I thought somebody died. I didn't realize these were being announced [today]."
"I feel like I'm kind of slumming it being in the company of like Dame Helen Mirren and Cate Blanchett and all those hacks," Silverman said, referring to being nominated alongside big names in SAG's Female Actor in a Leading Role category.
"But yeah, I'm totally in shock," she added.
Silverman further shared that the first person she told the good news was her mother. She said, "I didn't tell anybody. You learn early in Hollywood not to share your wares or brag. My mom died in August, but I email her good news, so I emailed her."
"On my birthday I wrote her a really long email and today, I found a picture of the list of names, the five [actress'] names and I sent her the picture and I said, 'I got nominated! And I miss you,' it's so corny.'"
Silverman is nominated alongside Cate Blanchett for "Carol," Brie Larson for "Room," Helen Mirren for "Woman in Gold," and Saoirse Ronan for "Brooklyn."
Silverman had previously said in an interview that for "I Smile Back," she had drawn inspiration from her own life, particularly her personal battle with depression in the past.
"I've been very lucky to have very good therapy in my life and understanding that if you live in the past, it's depression and if you live in the future of 'what if' 'what if' 'what if,' it's anxiety. That's why, in a perfect world, you want to strive to live in the moment," Silverman said (via CBC News).
