--- title: "1 Things Dad Quotes By Tatum O'Neal" description: "1 Things Dad quotes by Tatum O'Neal. Plus more from Tatum O'Neal and more Things Dad sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ab/tatum-o-neal-25300_academy_things-with-my-dad-were-pretty-good-unti_125493.png" --- > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tatum-o-neal/things-with-my-dad-were-pretty-good-until-i-won-an-academy-award-he/) [Tatum O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tatum-o-neal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ab/tatum-o-neal-25300_academy_things-with-my-dad-were-pretty-good-unti_125493.png) ## More by Tatum O'Neal > [I have a temper, but I wouldn't call me abusive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tatum-o-neal/i-have-a-temper-but-i-wouldn-t-call-me-abusive/) [Tatum O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tatum-o-neal/) > [My children forgave me at a time when I could barely forgive myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tatum-o-neal/my-children-forgave-me-at-a-time-when-i-could-barely-forgive-myself/) [Tatum O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tatum-o-neal/) > [Things with my dad were pretty good until I won an Academy Award. He was really loving to me until I got more attention…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tatum-o-neal/things-with-my-dad-were-pretty-good-until-i-won-an-academy-award-he/) [Tatum O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tatum-o-neal/) > [I do take responsibility for it. I admit to having a problem. I have been to numerous treatment centers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tatum-o-neal/i-do-take-responsibility-for-it-i-admit-to-having-a-problem-i-have/) [Tatum O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tatum-o-neal/) > [Paper Moon didn't bring me love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tatum-o-neal/paper-moon-didn-t-bring-me-love/) [Tatum O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tatum-o-neal/) > [I've stood my ground in life, alone, even against overwhelming forces with the might and money to crush me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tatum-o-neal/i-ve-stood-my-ground-in-life-alone-even-against-overwhelming-forces/) [Tatum O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tatum-o-neal/) > [I remained Ryan's companion on the Hollywood party circuit, growing inured to sex and drugs before I was in my teens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tatum-o-neal/i-remained-ryan-s-companion-on-the-hollywood-party-circuit-growing/) [Tatum O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tatum-o-neal/) > [When someone was hitting me, or like sexually molesting me, it just seemed normal to continue to do that to myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tatum-o-neal/when-someone-was-hitting-me-or-like-sexually-molesting-me-it-just/) [Tatum O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tatum-o-neal/) > [I felt privileged to be a facet of such a jewel in the crown of American cinema.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tatum-o-neal/i-felt-privileged-to-be-a-facet-of-such-a-jewel-in-the-crown-of/) [Tatum O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tatum-o-neal/) > [I've purged myself of bitterness and anger and remained open to love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tatum-o-neal/i-ve-purged-myself-of-bitterness-and-anger-and-remained-open-to-love/) [Tatum O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tatum-o-neal/) > [Things get so sloppy when you're under the influence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tatum-o-neal/things-get-so-sloppy-when-you-re-under-the-influence/) [Tatum O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tatum-o-neal/) > [Certain struggles never end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tatum-o-neal/certain-struggles-never-end/) [Tatum O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tatum-o-neal/) > [As Peter Bogdanovich would say of Paper Moon: Ryan's wonderful in it, and he sat there and watched the kid steal the picture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tatum-o-neal/as-peter-bogdanovich-would-say-of-paper-moon-ryan-s-wonderful-in-it/) [Tatum O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tatum-o-neal/) > [I think all of us feel like we're a bit on show, all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tatum-o-neal/i-think-all-of-us-feel-like-we-re-a-bit-on-show-all-the-time/) [Tatum O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tatum-o-neal/) > [Ryan is my bridge to the past, to memories that lose some of their sting when he recounts them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tatum-o-neal/ryan-is-my-bridge-to-the-past-to-memories-that-lose-some-of-their/) [Tatum O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tatum-o-neal/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/things-dad/tatum-o-neal/#itemlist", "name": "1 Things Dad Quotes By Tatum O'Neal", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Things with my dad were pretty good until I won an Academy Award. 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