As Peter Bogdanovich would say of Paper Moon: Ryan's wonderful in it, and he sat there and watched the kid steal the picture.

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

I've triumphed over addiction.

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.

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

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