Eric Roberts issued a public apology to sister Julia Roberts for his "asinine" comments where he took credit for her Oscar-winning career.

After claiming, 'If it wasn’t for me, there would be no Julia Roberts,' Eric is taking back what he describes as 'asinine' comments.

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.

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

"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.