and by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler.l support from the frederic j. ridel trust. ♪ ♪ >> i was just starting my career, it was the early '90s. going on auditions and pounding, the pavement. ♪ ♪ the first time i met him was in the miramax office, and it was a, you know, a legitimate meeting set up by my agents. the first moments of that meeting were very easy, breezy, casual. you know, "welcome to the miramax family." and i felt very much like he was going to take care of me. and then he said, "there's a screening this afternoon of one of our movies, you know, you should come. i'll have my car come pick you up." ♪ ♪ once i got there i realized it wasn't a special screening with cast and crew, it was just a movie. ♪ ♪ i wanted to leave, he sort of said, "oh i'll take you home." we ended up stopping at his house. and then i-i ended up going up probably against my better judgment. once i was in there we had another hour-long conversation about movies and film. and he went into the other room and he came back with.... with a ro