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Eric Roberts apologizes to sister Julia Roberts after saying he made her famous: ‘An asinine thing to have said’

Eric Roberts is publicly apologizing to his sister Julia Roberts after taking credit for her fame and success: 'It was an asinine thing to have said. I was proud of her, but it was pride turned on its head, to my own advantage.'

In his new memoir, Runaway Train: Or the Story of My Life So Far, the prolific character actor apologizes to his sister for saying he made her famous. So I will take credit, once I had broken away from my father (or thought I had) and moved to New York City, for telling my sisters, 'Come on up, girls; the water’s fine.' In an interview with Still Here Hollywood earlier this year, Roberts dodged a question about his sister and daughter.

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