United Kingdom, May 2 -- Alec Baldwin had so many children later in life because work got "less interesting".

The 66-year-old actor - who has Ireland, 28, with ex-wife Kim Basinger, and Carmen, 10, Rafael, eight, Leonardo, seven, Romeo, five, Eduardo, three, Lucia, also three, and Ilaria, 16 months with spouse Hilaria - loves his career but has found the projects he has offered don't appeal as much as they used to, so he's found contentment in his personal life instead.

Speaking on the 'Our Way with Paul Anka and Skip Bronson' podcast, he said: "I found that as I got older, work became less interesting to me.

"I'm interested, you know, I wanna work and I like to work. But they just don't make that many films anymore that I think are in...