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That sound bite in your announcement that you guys were going on strike. you talk about what the studio heads are argue, that they're pleading poverty, that they say the industry is changing and that what the actors and writers are asking for is too much. explain. >> well, i think that, you know, they're doing a whole sob story about how they can't honor and respectfully cut a deal with us that really works with the massive contribution they make. 99% of the people in the union are working class people. and the eyes of the world are watching because what is happening here right now is happenin...

Zanuck's office to account for herself, and she was put in front of, you know, all of the powerful male studio heads. >> they said, did you pose for a calendar? and i said, yes. anything wrong? >> for 20th century fox, it wasn't about, we really think sin is bad. it was like, wait a minute. sin might be bad for business. >> posing nude was such an explosive thing. >> there was great anxiety. everybody said, say you didn't. i said, but i did. you know, i should say that i did. and they were very unhappy. >> the studios thought her career would be over. >> but marilyn devises a high-stakes plan ...

I remember in 1952, i was just out of high school, and marilyn monroe was famous. everybody was like, uh-oh, her career's over. >> reports of marilyn's nude photos reach fox studio head darryl zanuck. >> marilyn was hauled into zanuck's office to account for herself, and she was put in front of, you know, all of the powerful male studio heads. >> they said, did you pose for a calendar? and i said, yes. anything wrong? >> for 20th century fox, it wasn't about, we really think sin is bad. it was like, wait a minute. sin might be bad for business. >> posing nude was such an explosive thing. >> th...

Four members of the merrimac staff, two others executives and more said we want to take you out for a drink. she was thrilled and what a wonderfuling culture merrimac is. at drinks they said, hillary, you don't want to come to work here. he will rape you, he will assault you. if that many people in the office knew, clearly, many people knew. >> they knew. do you think there are versions of that in hollywood or other industries today? how much has the industry really changed? >> well, i mean, certainly people are on guard now. and are ashamed by being exposed. clearly, it is something that exis...

People compliment these studio heads and these producers, they take a compliment as a come on and they take advantage. what harvey did was different. what he did was criminal. the casting couch, which is his defense, is over the many, many decades of hollywood. people took advantage of ambitious young women who want to be in the movie business but they didn't rape them. harvey was raping these women. more than 100 women came forward after being exposed in "the new york times" and the new yorker, as you mentioned, and said, he raped me and physically abused me. when you describe, as i try to in...