I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse.
- Tatum O'Neal
Overcome, Abuse, Deprivation, Abandonment
I've purged myself of bitterness and anger and remained open to love.
- Tatum O'Neal
Love, Anger, Bitterness, Purged
I was punished for blowing the whistle on my father's lifestyle.
- Tatum O'Neal
Father, Dad, Whistle, Blowing
My children forgave me at a time when I could barely forgive myself.
- Tatum O'Neal
Children, Forgive, Could, Forgave
Ryan finally came to my rescue. He'd thought working together in Paper Moon would help us bond.
- Tatum O'Neal
Thought, Finally, Ryan, Rescue
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
Shooting, Hours, Concept, Child Actors
I do take responsibility for it. I admit to having a problem. I have been to numerous treatment centers.
- Tatum O'Neal
Been, Take, Treatment, Centers
Ryan is my bridge to the past, to memories that lose some of their sting when he recounts them.
- Tatum O'Neal
Past, Some, Ryan, Sting
I've stood my ground in life, alone, even against overwhelming forces with the might and money to crush me.
- Tatum O'Neal
Against, Might, Stood, Overwhelming
Certain struggles never end.
- Tatum O'Neal
End, Never, Certain, Struggles
I've overcome physical and mental brutality - and fought back.
- Tatum O'Neal
Overcome, Back, Fought, Brutality
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
Ryan, Griffin, Months, Victim
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
Pretty, Pretty Good, Dad, Hated
When someone was hitting me, or like sexually molesting me, it just seemed normal to continue to do that to myself.
- Tatum O'Neal
Normal, Someone, Like, Sexually
As Peter Bogdanovich would say of Paper Moon: Ryan's wonderful in it, and he sat there and watched the kid steal the picture.
- Tatum O'Neal
Steal, Ryan, Sat, Peter
I felt privileged to be a facet of such a jewel in the crown of American cinema.
- Tatum O'Neal
Jewel, Privileged, Felt, Cinema
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
Hollywood, Circuit, Ryan, Inured
Paper Moon didn't bring me love.
- Tatum O'Neal
Love, Moon, Bring, Paper
I have a temper, but I wouldn't call me abusive.
- Tatum O'Neal
Me, Call, Temper
I've triumphed over addiction.
- Tatum O'Neal
Over, Triumphed, Addiction
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, Ryan, Distant
Things get so sloppy when you're under the influence.
- Tatum O'Neal
You, Get, Things, Sloppy
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