Hollywood actress Cameron Diaz has given up her search for the perfect man - she is convinced he doesn't exist.

The blonde beauty has dated a string of eligible men over the years including Matt Dillon, Jared Leto and Justin Timberlake.

But the 35-year-old has yet to find the perfect partner to settle down with, and she has been forced to admit she may never find a man to spend the rest of her life with.

She says, "You're always told he has to look like this and this is how he exists in all the storybooks - but it doesn't always come in those packages."

"And people are not always what they seem to be. I was really a big fairy-tale girl when I was growing up."