Tatum

Tatum O'Neal told Oprah she was never not famous -- or words to that effect. Oprah, in her show, asked Tatum if it was more difficult to her being a drug addict being famous rathen than when she was not famous. Tatum told her she would never know because she has always been famous.

As a child star, Tatum got lost in the frenzy of Hollywood. She gained fame at such a tender age when she had never yet lived enough of an ordinary life. She had an unhappy childhood. Growing up, many aspiring actors her age were just trying to climb up the Hollywood ladder and she was already on her way down -- she had seen it, done it, and won it even.

Child stars have their stories to tell, like Drew Barrymore who also got lost in her teens. But the thing is, coping, learning, surviving, and standing tall from what mess show business brought on them, all comes to what they are as a person and not the fame.