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Tatum O'Neal

(1963) Film Actor United States

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Tatum O'Neal is a film actor from the United States, best known for A paper life.

Quick Facts About Tatum O'Neal

Born: November 5, 1963
Nationality: United States
Profession: Film Actor
Notable works: A paper life
Spouse: John McEnroe

About Tatum O'Neal

Tatum Beatrice O'Neal is an American actress. At age ten, she became the youngest person ever to win a competitive Academy Award, for her performance as Addie Loggins in Paper Moon co-starring her father, Ryan O'Neal. She later starred in the films The Bad News Bears, Nickelodeon, and Little Darlings, and appeared in guest roles in the television series Sex and the City, 8 Simple Rules, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress

Quotes by Tatum O'Neal

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

Abusive

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My children forgave me at a time when I could barely forgive myself.

Children

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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…

Academy

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

Admit

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Paper Moon didn't bring me love.

Love

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

Crush

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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.

Circuits

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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.

Abuse

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

American

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

Anger

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

Influence

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Certain struggles never end.

Certain

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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…

Children

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

Feels

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

Bridge

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

Helping

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I've triumphed over addiction.

Addiction

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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…

Acting

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

Abandonment

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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…

Abusive

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

Father

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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.

Brother

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

Brutality

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