British comedy king Richard Curtis has said that he may stop directing movies after the release of his latest film - the ironically titled About Time.
The British filmmaker directed Love, Actually and The Boat that Rocked, as well as writing hits such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Bridget Jones's Diary.
Speaking in the latest issue of UK movie magazine Empire, Curtis suggested that About Time would "probably" be his directorial farewell.
"I waited a while in order to write [About Time]. This probably will be the last film I will direct," he said. When asked why, Curtis replied: "I don't know. Just a feeling . . . just a feeling."
"It feels like a summing-up to me. We'll see how things turn out," he added, confessing that it took him a long time "to be wise or experienced enough to dare to direct" a movie.
"Many of the comedies I like the most, from Woody Allen's films to Monty Python's films, have been directed by the people who write them," he explained.
"So it was quite a logical thing, but I wasn't ready to do it at that point. And when I reached that point, I was ready to do it."
About Time stars Rachel McAdams and Domhnall Gleeson and opens in September. It centres on a 21-year-old who discovers that he can travel through time and manipulate events that occur in his life.
