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"I was punished for blowing the whistle on my father's lifestyle."
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"To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible."
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"I may neither choose who I would, nor refuse who I dislike; so is the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father."
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"I used to annoy my father by telling him how much I felt luck was with me."
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"Dad made it to Gold Shield Detective, so he always busted Robin, my oldest brother, and me. Always got caught, whatever we were doing."
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"My father, who had previously been a civil engineer, died in the great influenza epidemic of 1918."
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"I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude."
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"What I do now is all my dad's fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason."
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"The most significant piece of advice my father gave me early on about acting was, don't get caught acting. Really believe in what you're doing and then commit to it. Even if it feels uncomfortable, even if you feel that you're gonna look like an ass. It's all acting, but find the truth in a moment as opposed to just pretending you have and rather than trying to act your way out of it."
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"I would ask my dad what he did, and he'd say, 'I listen to people's problems.' In some way what he did for a living is in my genes."
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"My dad? He died when I was 19, which is a bad time for your dad to die, because there's an awful lot of things you have to resolve with your parents past your teens if you've been a difficult teenager."
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"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."
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"I was punished for blowing the whistle on my father's lifestyle."
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"I felt privileged to be a facet of such a jewel in the crown of American cinema."
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"Paper Moon didn't bring me love."
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"I've stood my ground in life, alone, even against overwhelming forces with the might and money to crush me."
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"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."
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"Certain struggles never end."
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"I do take responsibility for it. I admit to having a problem. I have been to numerous treatment centers."
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"I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse."
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"My children forgave me at a time when I could barely forgive myself."
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