Hugh Grant quit acting after developing a "bad attitude"

He told the Los Angeles Times: "I developed a bad attitude from about 2005 onwards, shortly after “Music and Lyrics. I just had enough. Then I went back in 2009 and made another film.

"At that point, it wasn't me giving up Hollywood. Hollywood gave me up because I made such a massive turkey with that film with Sarah Jessica Parker ['Did You Hear About The Morgans?'].

"Whether I wanted to or not after that, the days of being a very well-paid leading man were suddenly gone overnight. It was slightly embarrassing but it left life free for other things."

Hugh has returned to TV screens with a new role in HBO's 'The Undoing', opposite Nicole Kidman, and he previously joked he took on the part to escape his children.

He said: "'I did this job partly to get away from my young children as they are exhausting at my age.

"I thought it would be great to have a break but every time I arrived in New York I missed them so badly I was a mess, so every scene was suddenly a cue for tears for me. I'd even go into a cafe and ask for a cup of coffee and the tears would come.

"Having spent a career unable to muster a single emotion, I find in my old age I can't stop them.

"It's something to do with children or love, or my wife, or something, but I can't keep it at bay."