Harrison Ford shrugged off criticism over his perceived shyness at public events and among the press.
The actor, who now plays the role of a therapist on the Apple TV+ comedy show Shrinking, dismissed theories that he suffers from social anxiety.
"That sounds like something a psychiatrist would say, not a casual observer," Ford, 80, told The Hollywood Reporter. "I don't have a social anxiety disorder. I have an abhorrence of boring situations."
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Ford admitted that while he has connected with his character, he does not see himself needing therapy.
"My opinion is not of the profession, it’s of the practitioner. There are all kinds of therapy. I’m sure many of them are useful to many people. I’m not anti-therapy for anybody — except for myself,” Ford said. “I know who the f*** I am at this point.”
He would not elaborate on how he connected with his character, except to say that “there are things [my family and I] worked our way through, so I found an emotional reality to attend to.”
The Indiana Jones star recalled that early on in his career, nerves did get the best of him.
"I wasn’t shy, I was f***ing terrified," Ford said. "My knees would shake so badly, you could see it from the back of the theater, but that’s not social anxiety. That’s being unfamiliar with the territory."
Ford noted that while Shrinking is his first television comedy, he has not learned anything from the experience.
"Would it be arrogant to say that I didn’t learn anything?" Ford said before laughing. “I really didn’t learn anything. It’s about being in the room where it happens and being appropriate to the circumstances and welcoming the opportunity to generate something with a little spontaneity and a measure of truth."
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With career credits that include more than 40 films, Ford has yet to receive an Academy Award and shook his head when asked about whether he thought he would ever get one or if he cared about such accolades.
"If I did a movie that had Oscar ambition, that was an Oscar-type movie, then yeah, I’d want the film to be recognized for its quality. If I were given an Oscar, I would be grateful and appropriate. I’m trying to artfully skirt this — I don’t want to campaign for it," the actor said.