Eric Roberts is an iconoclast, both in performance and in his personal life. As the older brother of Academy Award winner Julia Roberts, he watched his sister surpass the prominence of his own acting career and has often been vocal about how her rise would not have come without him having laid a path for her to follow.

I don’t want to sound like an actor talking, or a jealous sibling, but I don’t think her performance held up in that movie,” he said.

Eric Roberts is making a public apology to sister Julia Roberts after he once claimed that she owes her entire career to him.

Eric Roberts apologized to sister Julia Roberts in his new memoir 'Runaway Train' over past comments he made taking credit for her success. 'I hope Julie will accept this more public apology. It was an asinine thing to have said,

Julia was good in ‘Mystic Pizza,’ great in ‘Pretty Woman,’ but not so much in ‘Steel Magnolias,'” Eric Roberts writes in his new memoir. “Nobody’s great in

Eric Roberts, the older brother of Julia Roberts and father to Emma Roberts, has issued a public apology to his sister for claiming responsibility for her Oscar-winning career.

Julia Roberts might be an A-list movie star, but her big brother, Eric Roberts, continues to try to keep her humble. “Julia was good in Mystic Pizza, great in Pretty Woman, but not so much in Steel Magnolias,

“I imagine I will remain as Julia’s brother and Emma Roberts’ dad for the rest of my life,” he said. “I’d like to make good on that, to move aside proudly and with grace. That’s part of the reason for writing the book.”