In his first interview in over a year, the disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein called himself a “forgotten man,” saying that he should be remembered for the opportunities he provided to female actors and directors, rather than for the allegations of sexual assault lodged against him.

“I made more movies directed by women and about women than any filmmaker, and I’m talking about 30 years ago, I’m not talking about now when it’s vogue,” The New York Post quoted Mr. Weinstein as saying. “I did it first, I pioneered it.”

He added: “My work has been forgotten.”

The interview, which appeared in The Post’s Page Six gossip column on Sunday, comes just weeks before his trial on rape charges in Manhattan. It was conducted on Friday in a private room at the NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, a day after he underwent back surgery to repair a spinal injury he suffered during a car accident in August.

In the interview, Mr. Weinstein specifically mentioned the actress Gwyneth Paltrow who, he said, was paid $10 million in 2003 to make the movie “View From the Top” at a time when he ran the film studio Miramax. “She was the highest-paid female actor in an independent film, higher paid than all the men,” Mr. Weinstein told The Post.