I don't need a man, says Isabella

Film star and model Isabella Rossellini has revealed she does not need a man, insisting: “I’m single and very happy that way.”

The former face of cosmetics giant Lancome, 50, who once described her beauty as a “curse”, said her goal in life was not to attract men.

“Many women depend on men socially, financially, psychologically. Not me,” she told The Mail on Sunday magazine. “The problem is that men always want to compete with you; it’s their nature.”

The twice-married mother of two, who was unceremoniously axed by Lancome when she turned 40, denied that all women yearn for eternal youth.

“The idea that women feel desperate about ageing is, I think, more a media myth than a reality,” she said.

“I’d be bored if I were 20, because I’d still be doing the same things.”

Rossellini, the daughter of screen legend Ingrid Bergman, now models for classic clothing label Viyella and is preparing to launch a second perfume following the success of her Manifesto scent.