Hugh Grant is not ready to hit the half-century mark next week. The actor turns 50 on September 9th and has joked about "ending it all".

He joked about visiting a "euthanasia clinic":

“I’m dreading it. There is this place in Switzerland called Dignitas. I’m going to go to Dignitas on my 50th birthday – 50 is enough!”

Hugh suffers from panic attacks and shared (and joked) a little bit about his struggle to find a way to get them under control:

“I get these panic attacks. So I have always tried to do everything I possibly can – herbal remedies, chemical remedies. Running was the only thing that really helped.

“It calmed me down, so I didn’t have the panic attacks. But at the same time, I found it lowered my sense of humour. I lost my edge a bit. So in the end, I stopped running.

He says the cameras are what give him the anxiety:

“It’s not audiences, I love an audience. Put me on stage in front of a thousand people and I’m very comfortable. It’s cameras. I don’t like them.”

Hugh is sort of like Rob Pattinson in that people often misunderstand when he's joking around - especially when it's a typed interview and not a video. Sarcasm doesn't translate well sometimes. ;)

I wonder if Liz Hurley will throw a huge birthday bash for him? I love that these two are still great friends and even vacation together.

Photos by INF