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"Keanu Reeves has poked fun at his so-called &amp;quot;depressing&amp;quot; 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 &amp;#039;Cheer Up Keanu Day&amp;#039;.  Reeves revealed that he penned the book after his friend Janey Bergam found his &amp;quot;self pity&amp;quot; funny. The actor told The Guardian: &amp;quot;I was in my kitchen hanging out with my friend Janey, and the radio was on \u00E2\u20AC\u201C and this station was playing, like, an orgy of depressing, self-pitying, nostalgic music. You know: &amp;#039;I&amp;#039;m so lonely and I&amp;#039;ve been left and my heart is broken&amp;#039;. It was so voluptuously horrible. &amp;quot;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&amp;#039;re really just kind of depressed. And it was making Janey laugh so hard, I just kept going, piling on the self pity.&amp;quot; Ode to Happiness was created when Bergam passed Reeves&amp;#039; writings to illustrator Alexandra Grant, who turned them into a book as a present. Grant explained: &amp;quot;It was a surprise and a private gift. We didn&amp;#039;t make the book to publish it. It was meant to put a big smile on our faces and make everyone laugh. Then someone said, &amp;#039;I want five copies&amp;#039;, and that&amp;#039;s when the light bulb went on.&amp;quot; Speaking about the possibilities of future books, Reeves added: &amp;quot;I hope we get to do another book. I&amp;#039;m considering another idea I call Haikus of Hope. Basically like, &amp;#039;I want to kill myself&amp;#039;, and go from there. &amp;quot;Going into such a dark place that you can somehow surprisingly find the light at the end of the tunnel - but a nice end of the tunnel. Not the end of the tunnel.&amp;quot; Keanu Reeves has reportedly passed on the lead role in the upcoming Akira remake. However, he has confirmed that a third Bill &amp;amp; Ted movie will be made. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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