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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Certain struggles never end.