I never dreamed that shooting a film wou... by Tatum O'Neal | We Heart Quotes

Author actress Film Acting Academy Award

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.

- Tatum O'Neal

Other quotes by Tatum O'Neal

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

- Tatum O'Neal

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

- Tatum O'Neal

Dad Pretty

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.

- Tatum O'Neal

Love

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'Neal

Love

Paper Moon didn't bring me love.

- Tatum O'Neal

Months Father

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

- Tatum O'Neal

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