Tatum O'Neal Quotes

I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse.
Tatum O'Neal

Overcome, Abuse, Neglect

I've purged myself of bitterness and anger and remained open to love.
Tatum O'Neal

Love, Anger, Bitterness

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.
Tatum O'Neal

Love, Play, Written

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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Wonderful, Picture, Moon

Certain struggles never end.
Tatum O'Neal

Griffin, my brother, 11 months younger, was sometimes the victim of my father's fury - once Ryan famously knocked out his teeth.
Tatum O'Neal

Father, Sometimes, Once

I do take responsibility for it. I admit to having a problem. I have been to numerous treatment centers.
Tatum O'Neal

Problem, Admit, Treatment

I felt privileged to be a facet of such a jewel in the crown of American cinema.
Tatum O'Neal

American, Felt, Cinema

I have a temper, but I wouldn't call me abusive.
Tatum O'Neal

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.
Tatum O'Neal

Hard, Confused, Acting

I remained Ryan's companion on the Hollywood party circuit, growing inured to sex and drugs before I was in my teens.
Tatum O'Neal

Sex, Before, Growing

I think all of us feel like we're a bit on show, all the time.
Tatum O'Neal

Time, Show, Bit

I was punished for blowing the whistle on my father's lifestyle.
Tatum O'Neal

Dad, Father, Lifestyle

I've overcome physical and mental brutality - and fought back.
Tatum O'Neal

Overcome, Physical, Mental

I've stood my ground in life, alone, even against overwhelming forces with the might and money to crush me.
Tatum O'Neal

Life, Money, Alone

I've triumphed over addiction.
Tatum O'Neal

Addiction, Triumphed

My children forgave me at a time when I could barely forgive myself.
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Time, Children, Forgive

Paper Moon didn't bring me love.
Tatum O'Neal

Love, Moon, Bring

Ryan finally came to my rescue. He'd thought working together in Paper Moon would help us bond.
Tatum O'Neal

Help, Together, Thought

Ryan is my bridge to the past, to memories that lose some of their sting when he recounts them.
Tatum O'Neal

Past, Lose, Memories

Things get so sloppy when you're under the influence.
Tatum O'Neal

Influence, Sloppy

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.
Tatum O'Neal

Good, Dad, Pretty

When someone was hitting me, or like sexually molesting me, it just seemed normal to continue to do that to myself.
Tatum O'Neal

Someone, Normal, Continue

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: November 5, 1963

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