In his new memoir released this past week, Eric Roberts issued a public apology to sister Julia Roberts for his “asinine” comments where he took credit for her Oscar-winning career. “Now one of the things I'd like to apologize for in this book is for publicly saying on more than one occasion,

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.

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, the brother of Oscar-winning actress Julia Roberts, has apologized for taking responsibility for her career. “I hope Julia will accept this public apology. It was an asinine thing to have said,” he writes in his upcoming memoir, “Runaway Train: Or the Story of My Life So Far,” according to People.

“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.”

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 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,

"They all chewed a lot of scenery, and we know that if an actor cries on film, they go to the top of the class. They get the Oscar nod because crying gets a lot of credit," the actor wrote.