Harrison Ford is starring in a new show about therapy, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he’s a fan of it — or whatever armchair diagnosis anyone has to offer.
“There are all kinds of therapies. I’m sure a lot of it will be helpful to a lot of people,” the “Shrinking” star told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published Wednesday. “I’m not anti-therapy for anyone but me. I know who the hell I am now.
Ford offered equally strong remarks when THR brought up internet users’ “armchair diagnosis” of the actor based on “things you’ve said about being shy in social situations.”
“Some assume you’ve struggled with social anxiety disorder. I am doing something? the interviewer asked.
“Damn. That sounds like something a psychiatrist would say, not a casual observer,” he replied. “No. I don’t suffer from social anxiety. I am horrified by this boring situations.”
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He continued: “I was shy when I first got on stage – I wasn’t shy, I was bloody terrified. My knees would shake so bad you could see them from the back of the theater.
“But this is not social anxiety. That means not knowing the area. I was able to talk about it and then enjoy the experience of being on stage and telling a story with collaborators.”
Her comfort with her co-stars was certainly evident in a story she told during a recent appearance on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.”
The actor said that when he was asked to describe his Shrinking co-star Jason Segel to a producer, the first words out of his mouth were “nice penis.”
Ford’s compliment was in reference to Segel’s nudity in the classic 2008 film Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
