Tatum O'Neal
Tatum O'Neal

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
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 than he did. Then he hated me.

Tatum O'Neal
Tatum O'Neal

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