Just offer him a romantic comedy. Oh, Hugh. Please stop saying you’ll never do another one these again. Here’s the trailer to his latest, Did You Hear About the Morgans? in which he and Sarah Jessica Parker play a rich Manhattan married couple who have to go to Wyoming under a witness protection program. Listen for the quip about Sarah Palin … it’s PRICELESS:
Grant actually gave a very frank –and hilarious interview — to Entertainment Weekly in their Fall Movie Guide issue about why he thinks about quitting acting (and says it out loud):
I like everything except the acting. I’m wonderful in rehearsals, but I’ve never been very good when they actually switch the cameras on. In recent years, I’ve had really bad attacks where I totally freeze up. I thought, ‘Well, if I’m going to get stage fright, then I’m packing it in.’ It’s doing full-out comedy that makes me particularly nervous.
I can understand that, but enough is enough. You’ll still do it when the mood strikes, so just keep the aftermaths of your panic attacks quiet.