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“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.”
― Lee Server, Robert Mitchum: "Baby I Don't Care"