Hugh Grant is ready to have children

49-year-old actor Hugh Grant is finally thinking about settling down and starting a family, and hasn’t “given up hope” he will find the right woman soon.

Despite this, Hugh admits he would probably need “a lot of nannies” to keep his sanity.

“Ten years ago, I wouldn't have thought about having children at all,” he told Parade. “But now I have so many nephews and nieces and cousins and godchildren, I like the thought. But that's on the basis that I can leave after 10 minutes. I don't know what it would be like 24 hours a day. I think I'd have a lot of nannies. I haven't given up hope of being a father.

Hugh – who has dated Liz Hurley and Jemima Khan – thinks he would be a good father because of his “hands-off” approach to parenting.

“I find I'm not as bad with children as I used to be,” he explained. “I see a lot of children over-parented now, by my standards. Over-adored, over-spoiled. I quite like the children left alone to get on with it.”