Rupert Everett wants you

The British press is reporting that actor Rupert Everett (Shrek the Third) is looking for his own Prince Charming.

Everett, whose autobiographical tell-all Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins has just come out in paperback, told the Daily Mirror:

"I'd really like to be in a relationship ... Would you think about starting a campaign?"

Having just published a rakish autobiography full of affairs with famous men and infamous women, you hardly imagine Rupert can be stuck for attention.

"I'm just not very good at relationships," he says. "But I'd like to be in one."

He laughs an easy laugh and you see what Hugh Grant would be like with a personality. "Maybe people could write in and send a photo?"

Is he serious? Hard to say. He was quoted last month as considering visiting Kuwait so he could find a sexy oil tycoon lover, which apparently didn't work out. He also recently announced he was giving up flying, having opinions, and thinking. Which, depending on how pretty someone is, might make them the perfect boyfriend, but given Everett's long history as an opinionated jet setter, maybe not a good basis for a long term relationship.

The Mirror had more to ask...

Has he stopped partying, too? "No." The aquiline profile creases in indignation. "I was out all last weekend."

He's talking about the Gay Pride festival in London on the weekend following the two attempted car bombings. It was a celebration not even the weather or the terror threat could dampen.

"I loved every bit of it. It was a good response to the attempted bombings. I am so bored by terrorism. We need to access our wartime blitz mentality and just get on with it. It's the only way."

So with the end of bitching and flying, has he plans to settle down? "Well, I'm not romantically attached at the moment. Truthfully, relationships have always been a struggle for me.

"Coming from a Catholic military background, when I found myself to be homosexual it was terrifying. All my early sexual experiences took place in terror - a fear of being caught.

"Your brain cells still give you that message years later. The irony is that as you get older, you reconcile things better. But by now you're out of the habit of relationships, you're used to doing your own thing."