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.
I've overcome physical and mental brutality - and fought back.
My children forgave me at a time when I could barely forgive myself.
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.