George Clooney and Julia Roberts discussed their close friendship during the "Ticket to Paradise" premiere night on Monday night in Los Angeles. Eric Roberts , the elder brother of the beloved Julia Roberts, isn't afraid to publicly critique one of his sister's most profound performances. "Julia was good in ‘Mystic Pizza,’ great in ‘Pretty Woman,’ but not so much in ‘Steel Magnolias,’ in my opinion, even though it brought Julia her first Academy Award nomination," he wrote in his memoir out now, "Runaway Train: Or, The Story of My Life So Far," per Entertainment Weekly .
"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. When I saw her in 'Steel Magnolias,' I thought, ‘Okay. Good.
She’s almost a good actor, and one day she’s gonna be one,’" Eric wrote. ERIC ROBERTS OFFERS 'PUBLIC APOLOGY' TO SISTER JULIA ROBERTS Eric Roberts did not hold back on his assessment of sister Julia Roberts' performance in "Steel Magnolia," saying he thought it wasn't very good. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images) "In fact, I think all those brilliant women – Sally Fields [sic], Dolly Parton , Olympia Dukakis, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah – overacted their asses off in ‘Steel Magnolias,'" he continued.
"Nobody’s great in that movie. 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 .