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"She encouraged any artistic impulse I had, and my father discouraged any artistic impulse I had. They took out their problems with each other on me and my sister."

"My father was an American who could cuss in Italian and make an aria out of it. It was wonderful to watch. But then again, he was a Gemini. I believe in that stuff."

"My dad was very successful running midgets in Texas. Then, his two drivers ran into some bad luck. People started saying that Daddy had lost his touch. That it was the cars and not the drivers. I wanted to race just to prove all those people wrong."

"But I like to be thought of as a good father and a good husband."

"As a little boy of eleven I entered the Cadet Corps. I was not particularly eager to become a Cadet, but my father wished it. So my wishes were not consulted."
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"Ryan is my bridge to the past, to memories that lose some of their sting when he recounts them."


"Ryan finally came to my rescue. He'd thought working together in Paper Moon would help us bond."


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


"I've stood my ground in life, alone, even against overwhelming forces with the might and money to crush me."
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