I've purged myself of bitterness and anger and remained open to love.

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

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Ryan is my bridge to the past, to memories that lose some of their sting when he recounts them.

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

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

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

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As Peter Bogdanovich would say of Paper Moon: Ryan's wonderful in it, and he sat there and watched the kid steal the picture.

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

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