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Casey Affleck has addressed allegations of harassment for the first time to apologize for behaving in a "really unprofessional way" on the set of "I'm Still Here."The Oscar-winning actor accepted responsibility for contributing to an "unprofessional environment" on the set of the 2010 film, which led to civil lawsuits from two women who worked on the production. The lawsuits were settled out of court, but Affleck's name became associated with the list of men who were accused of abusing their power and stature in Hollywood. "It was a crazy mockumentary. very unconventional movie," Affleck told Associated Press. "The cast was the crew and the crew was kind of the cast and it was an unprofessional environment and, you know, the buck had to stop with me being one of the producers and I have to accept responsibility for that and that was a mistake. "And I contributed to that unprofessional environment and I tolerated that kind of behavior from other people and I wish that I hadn't," he continued."And I regret a lot of that. I really did not know what I was responsible for as the boss. I don’t even know if I thought of myself as the boss. But I behaved in a way and allowed others to behave in a way that was really unprofessional. And I'm sorry."Affleck won an Academy Award for "Manchester By the Sea" last year, during which the allegations regarding the civil lawsuit resurfaced. In the wake of #MeToo and the Time's Up initiative, the actor stepped away from presenting the Best Actress award at this year's Oscars. "I think it was the right thing to do just given everything that was going on in our culture at the moment," he said. "And having two incredible women go present the best actress award felt like the right thing."On what he's learned since Time's Up created a huge shift in the industry and beyond, Affleck added: "In this business, women have been underrepresented and underpaid and objectified and diminished and humiliated and belittled in a bazillion ways and just generally had a mountain of grief thrown at them forever. "And no one was really making too much of a fuss about it, myself included, until a few women with the kind of courage and wisdom to stand up and say, 'You know what? Enough is enough.' "Those are the people who are kind of leading this conversation and should be leading the conversation. "And I know just enough to know that, in general, I need to keep my mouth shut and listen and try to figure out what's going on and be a supporter and a follower in the little, teeny tiny ways that I can."