Sorrowful Schwimmer: 'I'll never find another Mili'

Former Friends star David Schwimmer fears he will never "have the courage" to fall in love again - because he is still haunted by his failed romance with Israeli actress Mili Avital.

The 38-year-old actor met Avital on the set of romantic comedy Kissing A Fool in 1997 and proposed to her in March 2001, but he ended the relationship eight months later due to irreconcilable differences.

But he's concerned he will never have another meaningful relationship, because no other woman could equal the love he still has for Avital, the only girl he has ever fallen for.

He explains: "A lot of men today don't have the courage to fall in love. The only one I really fell for was Mili. I don't think I even recognised it until it was too late.

"In some ways, I'm haunted by that. I don't know if one can ever fall again as far as one does the first time.

"Getting older, being through relationships, being 38 - in some ways, I would love nothing more than to fall as hard as I did the first time, but I doubt if I ever can."