# Tatum O'Neal

Tatum Beatrice O'Neal (born November 5, 1963) is an American actress. She is the youngest person ever to win an Academy Award, winning at age 10 for her performance as Addie Loggins in Paper Moon (1973) opposite her father, Ryan O'Neal.

## Quotes

* Now, she's one of the great ladies I know. She went through a lot of heartache and stuff but she's got her own life now. She lives in Palm Springs and we go to see her all the time.
** Young Tatum talk about her mother in 1978.
* He was very good-looking. I thought he was charming. It was sort of a chemical attraction or physical attraction, a love at first sight kind of thing.
** Tatum describe her husband in 2006.
* I'll never have a normal life. But I'll have a great career and I will move people, because for my 38 years, I've packed quite a lot in.
** Tatum talk on restarting film career in 2006.
* For years I could hardly look people in the eye, Now that I've burned away the painful debris of my life, I feel courageous and open.
** Tatum speak on healing in 2008.
* He told me he’s sorry, He’s all I have in terms of family, and I needed him in my life. My dad was absolutely everything to me.
** Tatum reunite with her father in 2010.
* If you're sad inside and you don't feel loved or wanted on planet earth, once you take something that calms those feelings, it's like Oh boy, this is what it feels like to be made to feel good inside.
** Tatum talk about being alive in 2011.
* Rightly so. I had just been arrested for trying to buy crack cocaine on a street corner.
** Tatum speak on drug addiction in 2011.
* I think so. I was just in a better place. Any time anyone dredges up all that trauma, all those memories, it's difficult to cope unless you have a strong grounding and you're well.
** Tatum speak on trauma in 2011.
* It is what it is. It was a book and it told a story that was sad, and deep, and painful. This book is telling a different story. It’s telling of how I can live the best life that I can when I wasn’t really wanted, in a way. Maybe I was wanted by a fan base because of my work, but I didn’t feel that I was ultimately wanted by my own parents, which was a weird feeling.
** Tatum talk about her book in 2011.
* I experimented with women a lot during that time, but that was when I was in my drug phase, so I don't really count it. I wasn't clean, so I wasn't really clear on what I was doing or what I wanted.
** Tatum speak on experience with women in 2015.
* There are people will say, I had it coming or it was probably my fault. Or I deserved it -that’s what America has come to you now. Let’s lead with love and kindness and empathy Towards one another.
** Tatum speak on being sexually abused in 2018.
* How would I feel if my father were to, say, get sick or die even? Would I be OK? And I realized that I wouldn't be OK. So I knew I needed to make an effort, because what is your life without your family? What's your life without a father?
** Tatum in an interview with CNN in 2020.
* I was loved, I was cared for. That's it, that's what one wants, isn't it, in a marriage? I've never met anyone who even comes close to my ex-husband.
** Tatum speak on marriage in 2020.
* For me, the biggest achievement would be that I did the best audition that I could do, that I got the role that I really wanted, and that I'm self-supporting through my own contributions.
** Tatum talk about biggest achievement in 2020.
* That means that my hands stopped working. It means that I can't tie my shoes. I have to re-learn to write. And I definitely need surgery on my left knee and my neck coming up in the next week.
** Tatum talk about surgery in 2020.

## Quotes about O'Neal

* I am very disappointed in Tatum's statements. I had hoped that, after all these years, she would see things more accurately, and that she would share my concern for the welfare of our children.
** McEnroe responded to O'Neal's allegations in 2006.
* Tatum recently went back to rehab last month, and she is at a facility in Orange County.
** A source revealed about the actress rehabilitation.

## External links

* Tatum O'Neal on IMDb