Eric Roberts slams Julia's Oscar-nominated 'Steel Magnolias' performance: 'Crying gets a lot of credit'
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Eric Roberts wrote in his memoir that sister Julia Roberts "wasn't great" in "Steel Magnolias," and neither were any of her costars.
"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. "Julia was good in ‘Mystic Pizza,’ great in ‘Pretty Woman,’ but not so much in ‘Steel Magnolias,’ in my opinion." "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." Caroline Thayer is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Follow Caroline Thayer on Twitter at @carolinejthayer. Story tips can be sent to caroline.thayer@fox.com.
"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 gets a lot of credit. It’s the big joke in all acting classes, even in the great Lee Strasberg’s Actors Studio. Crying and dying bring home the bacon!"
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