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.

She also alleges physical and emotional abuse from her father much of which Tatum O'Neal attributed to drug use. They were eliminated in the second round. They separated in November 1992 and were officially divorced in 1994.

She is the youngest person ever to win a competitive Academy Award which Tatum O'Neal won at the age of 10 for her performance as Addie Loggins in Paper Moon (1973) opposite her father Ryan O'Neal. She then starred in The Bad News Bears in 1976 followed by Nickelodeon and Little Darlings.