Family Ties creator Gary Goldberg emboldened the actress to stand up for herself.

WhenJulia Louis-Dreyfuslearned to tell her bullies to get out, she found a new strength.

“I felt very small.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

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Because I was.”

She didn’t have the clout she does now, and she was intimidated by the studio’s threats.

Give them their money back.'

That I broke the contract?'

And they were like, ‘Just do it, just to get rid of the problem.'"

Louis-Dreyfus took his advice.

Because it was bullying by the way."