Tatum O'Neal Quotations

Certain struggles never end.

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

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.

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

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

I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse.

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

I've triumphed over 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.

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