Tatum O'Neal quotes
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“Things with my dad were pretty good until I won an Academy Award. He was really loving to me until I got more attention than he did. Then he hated me.”
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“I've stood my ground in life, alone, even against overwhelming forces with the might and money to crush me.”
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“When someone was hitting me, or like sexually molesting me, it just seemed normal to continue to do that to myself.”
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“I've overcome physical and mental brutality - and fought back.”
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“As Peter Bogdanovich would say of Paper Moon: Ryan's wonderful in it, and he sat there and watched the kid steal the picture.”
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“My children forgave me at a time when I could barely forgive myself.”
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“I've purged myself of bitterness and anger and remained open to love.”
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“I think all of us feel like we're a bit on show, all the time.”
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“I was punished for blowing the whistle on my father's lifestyle.”
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“The more love I craved, the more distant and abusive he grew. The role I longed to play was never written into Ryan's script: daughter.”
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“Ryan finally came to my rescue. He'd thought working together in Paper Moon would help us bond.”
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“I remained Ryan's companion on the Hollywood party circuit, growing inured to sex and drugs before I was in my teens.”
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“Griffin, my brother, 11 months younger, was sometimes the victim of my father's fury - once Ryan famously knocked out his teeth.”
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“I never dreamed that shooting a film would be so hard. There was less regulation then of child actors' hours. Even the concept of acting confused me.”
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“Things get so sloppy when you're under the influence.”
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“I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse.”
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“I have a temper, but I wouldn't call me abusive.”
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