--- title: Amber Tamblyn Writes Op-Ed In Light of James Woods Comments description: Actress Amber Tamblyn has had enough of the sexual harassment, abuse and assault that has plagued Hollywood canonical: https://time.com/4945179/amber-tamblyn-sexual-harassment-james-woods/ author: Jennifer Calfas article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-17T15:44:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:27:35.298Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Amber Tamblyn’s Powerful Reaction to Sexual Harassment in Hollywood og:description: "We are learning that the more we open our mouths, the more we become a choir" og:url: https://time.com/4945179/amber-tamblyn-sexual-harassment-james-woods/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2aaca5c7c0dee49e/6988de17cf40a86028c496ba/amber-tamblyn.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: LA Film Festival Premiere Of Tangerine Entertainment's "Paint It Black" - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Amber Tamblyn’s Powerful Reaction to Sexual Harassment in Hollywood twitter:description: "We are learning that the more we open our mouths, the more we become a choir" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2aaca5c7c0dee49e/6988de17cf40a86028c496ba/amber-tamblyn.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # ‘I Have Been Afraid of Speaking Out.’ Amber Tamblyn’s Powerful Reaction to Sexual Harassment in Hollywood > Sponsored content. 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Amber Tamblyn arrives at the LA Film Festival premiere of Tangerine Entertainment's "Paint It Black" held at Bing Theater At LACMA on June 3, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.Michael Tran—FilmMagic by [Jennifer Calfas](https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/) ## Jennifer Calfas Sep 17, 2017 3:44 PM UTC [Amber Tamblyn](http://motto.time.com/4692066/amber-tamblyn-new-mom-breastfeeding-photo/) has had enough of the sexual harassment, abuse and assault that has plagued Hollywood. In a powerful op-ed published in the [_New York Times_](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/16/opinion/sunday/amber-tamblyn-james-woods.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur)_,_ Tamblyn spoke out about the difficulty women face when they are questioned about their experiences of harassment and assault. The story was published after actor James Woods called her [a liar](https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/907426722567639041?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref%5Furl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2017%2F09%2F13%2Fentertainment%2Famber-tamblyn-james-woods-open-letter%2Findex.html) for recounting a story of when he tried to pick her up when she was 16 years old. “I have been afraid of speaking out or asking things of men in positions of power for years,” Tamblyn, now 34, wrote. “What I have experienced as an actress working in a business whose business is to objectify women is frightening. It is the deep end of a pool where I cannot swim. It is a famous man telling you that you are a liar for what you have remembered. For what you _must_ have misremembered, unless you have proof.” Earlier this week, Woods [took to Twitter to criticize](http://time.com/4941261/amber-tamblyn-james-woods/) the premise of a new film, _Call Me by Your Name_, starring Armie Harmer that depicts a gay relationship between a 17-year-old and a 24-year-old. Harmer responded to Woods, highlighting his hypocrisy by pointing to a relationship Woods had with a 19-year-old when he was 60. And then Tamblyn responded with her own experience. > [](https://twitter.com/ambertamblyn/status/907331400713478144) “In an instant, I was reminded of a memory from when I was 16,” Tamblyn wrote in the _Times_. “Mr. Woods attempted to pick me and a friend up when we were at Mel’s diner in Hollywood, seeing if we wanted to go to Las Vegas with him that very night. I informed him of my age, to which he said, ‘Even better.’ I told this story publicly as a way to back up the claim that Mr. Woods was, indeed, a hypocrite. Mr. Woods called my account a lie.” > [](https://twitter.com/ambertamblyn/status/909146438277283843) In the op-ed, Tamblyn detailed an experience she had as a young actress when a crew member from the set of a television show kept coming to her apartment “unannounced” and sitting in her trailer when she wasn’t there. When she brought up the issue to the producer of the show, he said, “Well, there are two sides to every story.” “Mr. Woods’s accusation that I was lying sent me back to that day in that producer’s office, and back to all the days I’ve spent in the offices of men; of feeling unsure, uneasy, questioned and disbelieved, no matter the conversation,” Tamblyn wrote. “The women I know, myself included, are done, though, playing the credentials game,” Tamblyn continued. “We are learning that the more we open our mouths, the more we become a choir. 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