Los Angeles, April 10 – Hollywood legend Harrison Ford has revealed that he was at a particularly low point before enrolling in a college drama course. He explained that he was "deeply depressed" and felt "socially and psychologically unwell."
During an appearance on the Awards Chatter podcast, Ford said, "I had a small room and I had classes to attend, but I rarely ventured out. And on the rare occasions I did go to class, I would often touch the door on the outside of the building and turn around and walk back.
"I was more than just depressed. I think I was ill. I was socially unwell, and psychologically not well."
Ford's outlook on life was transformed by his drama course, according to femalefirst.co.uk.
He said: "I was surprised to find that the people I had considered to be fellow nerds and outcasts were, in fact, some of the most interesting people I knew.
"They were doing something that I hadn't really understood, and they were telling stories about life, and some of them were exceptional in their ability to understand human behaviour. And so I think I simply found my place among storytellers. It really changed my world, changed my life."
Meanwhile, Anthony Mackie previously said that he was surprised by how "normal" Ford was, according to femalefirst.co.uk.
The actor starred alongside the Hollywood icon in Captain America: Brave New World, and Anthony confessed to being surprised by his co-star.
Asked what surprised him the most about working with Harrison, the actor told E! News: "I was surprised at how normal he was."
He explained that he expected his co-star – who has appeared in some of the biggest film franchises of all time, including Star Wars and Indiana Jones – to be more aloof.
He said: "Usually, you have a big star in a movie, they go sit off by themselves with their friends and won't talk to you. But whenever the cast and crew got together, Harrison would come and just hang out with us like a regular person and eat those awful peanut butter and jelly sandwiches."