Tatum O'Neal
Tatum O'Neal
Tatum Beatrice O'Neal is an American actress and author. She is the youngest person ever to win a competitive Academy Award, which she won in 1974 at age 10 for her performance as Addie Loggins in Paper Moon opposite her father, Ryan O'Neal. She also starred in The Bad News Bears, in 1976, followed by Nickelodeon, and Little Darlings. She is also known for being Michael Jackson's first girlfriend...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth5 November 1963
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Ryan is my bridge to the past, to memories that lose some of their sting when he recounts them.
I do take responsibility for it. I admit to having a problem. I have been to numerous treatment centers.
I felt privileged to be a facet of such a jewel in the crown of American cinema.
Certain struggles never end.
I think all of us feel like we're a bit on show, all the time.
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 have a temper, but I wouldn't call me abusive.
When someone was hitting me, or like sexually molesting me, it just seemed normal to continue to do that to myself.
I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse.
I was punished for blowing the whistle on my father's lifestyle.
I've triumphed over addiction.
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.
I've overcome physical and mental brutality - and fought back.
I've stood my ground in life, alone, even against overwhelming forces with the might and money to crush me.