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“The love she had felt for him in the past was still there within her, covered over now like a bandaged wound, not yet healed underneath and perhaps still easily reopened.”
― Ava Gardner: Love Is Nothing
― Ava Gardner: Love Is Nothing
“Bob was clearly a confused character, and it was thought that he might benefit from some professional attention. “My mother and sister,� said Mitchum, “doubting my sanity, implored the cooperation of my wife in suggesting a visit to a psychiatrist.�
Mitchum agreed to their suggestion—”What could I do? It was the family consensus”—and submitted himself to the leather couch in the Beverly Hills office of Dr. Frederick Hacker.
“Mr. Mitchum, do you know why you have come here?� asked the doctor, described by the patient as a dead ringer for Walter Slezak.
“Because my family thinks I’m crazy.�
“Very interesting,� said Dr. Hacker.
He saw the shrink a few more times. They “kicked things around� and Mitchum regaled the doc with stories of his life in Hollywood and the characters he knew there.
“Mr. Mitchum, you suffer from a state of over-amiability,� Hacker concluded, “in which failure to please everyone creates a condition of self-reproach. You are addicted to nothing but the good will of people, and I suggest that you risk their displeasure by learning to say ‘No� and following your own judgement.�
Mitchum translated this into layman’s terms when he got home: “He said I should tell you all to go shit in your hats.”
― Robert Mitchum: "Baby I Don't Care"
Mitchum agreed to their suggestion—”What could I do? It was the family consensus”—and submitted himself to the leather couch in the Beverly Hills office of Dr. Frederick Hacker.
“Mr. Mitchum, do you know why you have come here?� asked the doctor, described by the patient as a dead ringer for Walter Slezak.
“Because my family thinks I’m crazy.�
“Very interesting,� said Dr. Hacker.
He saw the shrink a few more times. They “kicked things around� and Mitchum regaled the doc with stories of his life in Hollywood and the characters he knew there.
“Mr. Mitchum, you suffer from a state of over-amiability,� Hacker concluded, “in which failure to please everyone creates a condition of self-reproach. You are addicted to nothing but the good will of people, and I suggest that you risk their displeasure by learning to say ‘No� and following your own judgement.�
Mitchum translated this into layman’s terms when he got home: “He said I should tell you all to go shit in your hats.”
― Robert Mitchum: "Baby I Don't Care"
