"Now I'm 64, you know, and the youngest is 6, and I need a long stint in a sanatorium or an abbey," Hugh Grant said about having his five kids later in life.

Hugh Grant has admitted that becoming a father aged 52 was “too late” in life. The 64-year-old actor, who won rave reviews for his rare role in the new horror film Heretic, spoke about the exhaustion of welcoming his five children at a later age.

By Telegraph Reporters Hugh Grant has admitted he had his children "much too old in life" – after having his first at the age of 52. The actor said becoming a father had given him a "heart" but conceded it would have been better to have started at a younger age.