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

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

I've triumphed over addiction.

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

Griffin, my brother, 11 months younger, was sometimes the victim of my father's fury - once Ryan famously knocked out his teeth.

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

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.