Actress Nicole Kidman has told potential suitors she won't settle for anything less than the "great love" she shared with ex-husband Tom Cruise.

The "Moulin Rouge" star - who divorced the Hollywood actor in 2001 after a 10-year marriage - has been linked to several celebrities in recent years, including Lenny Kravitz, Adrien Brody and Steve Bing, but regrets she hasn't found a soul mate like Cruise in anyone else, the Internet Media Database said.

Kidman said she would only allow a relationship to develop if a man successfully captured her heart.

She said: "I couldn't be with someone I don't have enormous respect and love for. Other than Tom, I have never been photographed kissing a man! I am so private. Plus, I don't want to get hurt. With Tom, I had a great love, so why would I want anything other than a great love again?"