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'NealI 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.
Tatum O'NealWhen someone was hitting me, or like sexually molesting me, it just seemed normal to continue to do that to myself.
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