"I was never really obsessed with the whole guy thing to begin with"
About this Quote
As an actress who came up in an era when young women in the public eye were routinely framed through dating narratives, the line reads like a refusal to perform the expected subplot. Teen and early-20s celebrity coverage often treated relationships as both status marker and personality proof: who you’re seen with becomes who you are. Mitchell’s casual tone is the strategy; it denies the machinery its drama. No confession, no manifesto, just a shrug that starves the gossip economy of oxygen.
The subtext is bigger than “I’m independent.” It hints at a life organized around something other than male validation: work, faith, family, friendships, or simply personal priorities. It also leaves room for identity ambiguity without making a spectacle of it. In one sentence, she turns “Why aren’t you boy-crazy?” into “Why would I be?” and that pivot is the point.
Quote Details
| Topic | Romantic |
|---|---|
| Source | Help us find the source |
| Cite | Cite this Quote |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Mitchell, Beverley. (n.d.). I was never really obsessed with the whole guy thing to begin with. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-was-never-really-obsessed-with-the-whole-guy-114376/
Chicago Style
Mitchell, Beverley. "I was never really obsessed with the whole guy thing to begin with." FixQuotes. Accessed February 3, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-was-never-really-obsessed-with-the-whole-guy-114376/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I was never really obsessed with the whole guy thing to begin with." FixQuotes, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-was-never-really-obsessed-with-the-whole-guy-114376/. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.





