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've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse.

I was punished for blowing the whistle on my father's lifestyle.

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 purged myself of bitterness and anger and remained open to love.

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

I've triumphed over addiction.

I've overcome physical and mental brutality - and fought back.

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

Things get so sloppy when you're under the influence.

He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.

Trade isn't about goods. Trade is about information. Goods sit in the warehouse until information moves them.

The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.

I love the fact that I can mess with someone's head.

I really wanted to die at certain periods in my life.

Struggle is what it means to be alive and free.

The more we focus on using renewable fuels, the less we are dependent upon foreign oil.

I like to be daring and I like to be different. You think anyone out here looks like me? It's pretty different, right?

I don't smoke and I don't drink alcohol.

Freedom and equality are naturan born enemies.