Cameron Diaz thinks heartbreak is "wonderful"

Cameron Diaz thinks heartbreak is "wonderful".

The blonde beauty is glad she has experienced periods of sadness because it makes the good times seem so much better.

The 37-year-old actress is even glad to get older, because age helps you understand that life has "ups and downs".

"Oftentimes, the way that we learn is to have our heart broken," she explained. "As many times as we fall in love, our heart gets broken. But heartbreak is always a part of life.

"Life is full of ups and downs. The great thing about getting older is you become wiser and you gain knowledge and grow. There's nothing wrong with that. That's a wonderful thing."

When it comes to her own love life, Cameron is famously tight-lipped because she doesn't want romance rumours to detract from her career. She fumed to Parade: "Love lives of the famous are distractions from people's own love lives. There are some celebrities who like to sell their own experiences, who are just out front with it. And that's something that people can buy. And there are other people who have their moments stolen from them by the media and by the paparazzi.

"Then millions of readers and TV viewers occupy their time with those stolen
moments. If I'm missing from the pages and the blogs and the shows, I don't
think that's such a devastation."