“Things with my dad were pretty good until I won an Academy Award. He w...” — Tatum O'Neal Quote

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.

I felt privileged to be a facet of such a jewel in the crown of American cinema.

I remained Ryan's companion on the Hollywood party circuit, growing inured to sex and drugs before I was in my teens.

I have a temper, but I wouldn't call me abusive.

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

My dad's Sicilian and my mom is half Italian and half Jewish.

I hate short hair on men - the 'real' man is something I don't know. My dad was always playing with hairbands, making rings, while the women were wearing jeans, white T-shirts and Converse. That was the uniform at home.

I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records.

I'm named after a horse. My mom's best friend had a horse named Brooke, so my dad suggested 'Brooklyn' as a more formal version, and it just stuck - and now I live in Brooklyn part-time, so go figure.

My dad actually had business cards made up with my sister's website and my website and all of our information. And he hands them out to people he meets.