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  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Hugh Grant quit acting after developing a "bad attitude"

    The 60-year-old actor took a break from movies after 'Music and Lyrics' and admitted his acting offers had dried up and he was no longer being asked to take on leading roles


    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."

    © 2024 Bang Showbiz, NZCity

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