Grant, who plays heartthrob Daniel Cleaver in "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason," was quoted Thursday by the Evening Standard’s Metro magazine as saying film acting is a "miserable experience."

"It’s so long and boring and so difficult to get right," Grant said.

"I am sort of semiretired," he said. "I keep thinking I’m going to write a brilliant script."

Grant, whose screen credits include "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Notting Hill" and the first "Bridget Jones" movie, gained international notoriety when he was caught in a car with Hollywood prostitute Divine Brown in 1995.

The 44-year-old actor, who took his new girlfriend, heiress Jemima Khan, to this week’s London premiere of "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason," told the magazine he didn’t feel pressure to settle down.

辅助阅读：
　　英国著名男影星、“英伦情人”休·格兰特11月11日表示，自己已经丧失了对表演的兴趣，打算逐渐淡出演艺圈。格兰特在当天接受英国《EveningStandard》[文章来源：中国大学在线]杂志采访时说这番话的。他认为演电影是一种“令人痛苦的经历”，“既耗费时间又无聊，而且很难表演得恰如其分。我目前实际上处于一种半退休状态，我一直想象着自己能够写出一部精彩的剧本。”

Vocabulary:
heartthrob: a man who is very attractive and with whom girls fall in love（使女孩倾心的英俊男子）
notoriety : the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality（声名狼藉）