Lopez seeks knight in shining armour

Lopez: romantic

LONDON, March 14 -- After breaking up with rapper Sean "Puffy" Combs, Jennifer Lopez says she is a romantic still waiting for her knight in shining armour.

"I was born a romantic. I operate from the heart -- that's who I am," she told Britain's In Style magazine.

"Love is a big inspiration in my singing, in my acting and in my dancing."

"I believe in unconditional love and doing things for people you care about," said the singer and actress who has broken up with Combs, now on trial in New York for bribery and gun possession after a 1999 nightclub shooting.

Lopez has just become the first woman to top both the U.S. music and movie charts in the same week with her current release, J Lo, and new film The Wedding Planner.

"I always made the choice to do different things. I just didn't want to get pigeon-holed," she told the magazine.

Her co-star from The Wedding Planner, Matthew McConaughey, said he could see Lopez's romantic view of herself.

"Jen's definitely a romantic, a dreamer. She has a real sweetness that not everyone sees, like an eight-year-old girl.

"She loves Romeo and Juliet and the idea of the knight in shining armour coming over the hill to take her away," he said.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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