Pierce Brosnan's best love advice is to "look after yourself" and have "grace under pressure".
The former James Bond star knows plenty about romance and advises that when it comes to unrequited love, you should always look after yourself first.
He told The Huffington Post: "Just because I look the way I look or do what I do doesn't mean that I'm like that and do that every day of my life. It's an illusion. I'm just a guy. I know the pain and deep heartache of wanting to be with someone who doesn't really give you the attention.
"[My advice is to] take your foot off the pedal. Just look after yourself. Protect your heart, and have a sense of grace about it all. Grace under pressure."
Pierce, 60, also knows a great deal about heartbreak, after he lost his first wife, Cassandra Harris, to Ovarian cancer in 1981 and her daughter, Charlotte - whom he adopted in 1986 - to the same condition in 2013.
He added: "It all goes by so quickly, anyway. Love is hard. It's really hard, especially when they get you by the heart strings."
However, the Irish-born star - who is now married to Keely Shaye Smith - is happy in his everyday life and pleased he can still make a living out of acting.
He added: "I'm happy. I've always been happy, actually. I've always loved doing what I do. Once I found acting and found that I could get away with it and make a living out of it, I was thrilled."
Pierce next stars in 'The Love Punch' Opposite Emma Thompson, which opens in cinemas this month.

Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith are reportedly under investigation by child protection services.
The Los Angeles Department of Children & Family Services are said to have been in contact with the parents after their 13-year-old daughter, Willow, appeared in a picture posted on the internet of her laying on a bed with actor Moises Arias, 20.
A source told RadarOnline.com: "The investigation was formally opened last week and is being taken very seriously by the department.
"Will and Jada Pinkett Smith have been extremely cooperative with officials. Of course, they aren't happy that their parenting skills are under scrutiny, but they understand."
In the controversial black and white pictures Willow is wearing jeans and a shirt, while Moises appears shirtless as they lay close together on a bed. It is thought the pictures were taken over one weekend of the Coachella festival in Indio, California, which also raises questions about what level of adult supervision the youngsters had at the event.
The source added: "Social workers will also be talking separately with Willow, and they also want to talk to the young man in the picture with her as well.
"This won't just be one or two visits with the family, and it will likely be an open investigation for at least a month, out of an abundance of caution."
Jada, 42, was angry when she was asked about the photo earlier this month.
She said: "Here's the deal. There was nothing sexual about that picture or that situation."
Will and Jada also have a son, Jaden, who is 15.

Ciara has named her son Future Zahir Wilburn.
The 'Goodies' singer gave birth to her first child with partner, Future Sr., this morning (20.05.14) and they have decided to name the tot after him.
Alongside a picture of the newborn's arm, she posted on Twitter: "FUTURE ZAHIR WILBURN 9lbs 10oz May 19 2014."
Producer and rapper Future Sr. - who was born Nayvadius D. Wilburn - added on his own Twitter page: "Baby FUTURE"
Future Sr. got his name when he was growing up in Atlanta and members of the musical collective The Dungeon Family started to call him The Future.
Ciara, 28, recently said they had already selected a moniker for their son, explaining: "I went with what felt right in my soul and my gut. I didn't second guess it."
The 'Body Party' star also told how her first pregnancy had been very smooth.
She said: "I didn't even know what to expect [with the pregnancy], but it's been a very easy process. And it's been so much fun. Honestly, it's been the coolest experience in my life.
"Being able to know that I can do that is such a blessing. I'm literally obsessed with kids, so I'm excited about being able to have my own to obsess over."
The baby is Ciara's first child, and Future's fourth.

Channing Tatum is a "high functioning alcoholic".
The '22 Jump Street' star admits he drinks too much, and he uses it as a way for him to escape the rigours of everyday life.
He told GQ magazine: "I probably drink too much, you know. My wife [Jenna Dewan], that's what she bought into... I'm probably a pretty high-functioning, I guess, you know, I would say, alcoholic, I guess.
"There's probably a tendency to escape. I equate it to creativity, and I definitely equate it to having a good time."
The hunky 34-year-old also admitted to another, less dangerous, vice in watching TV show 'The Biggest Loser', where a group of overweight people compete to see who can lose the most pounds fastest.
He added: "I really do love it. It's terrible and it's bad, but I really do think it's because I have an inner fat kid in me.
"I can completely lose myself into just absolutely satisfying things - a really amazing cheeseburger, a pizza, good fries, a beer. I enjoy being comfortable and eating whatever the hell I like."
Channing also admits to having his own imaginary friend when he was younger.
He said: "His name was Boy. I think I just lived in an imaginary world. I was always playing war in the woods, people are chasing me... I wasn't doing it because I was desperate for friends. I had friends."

Orlando Bloom's estranged wife denies he is dating Laura Paine.
The 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star was spotted holding the model's hand as he took her to dinner over the weekend, but Miranda Kerr - whom he split from seven months ago after two years of marriage - says they aren't dating.
She told MailOnline.com: "They're just friends. They've been friends for years. We spoke about it, we speak every day. It's fine."
Miranda - who has recently been linked to billionaire James Packer - added her male friends are also often mistaken for boyfriends.
She said: "People try to put me together with people I've been friends with for years.
"As long as I know the truth and people close to me know the truth, that's all that matters.
"At the end of the day I can't be phased by other people's opinions, and people are entitled to their opinion.
"Someone linked me with Brad Pitt, I've spoken to him once in my whole life."
Orlando, 37, and Miranda, 31, are parents to three-year-old son Flynn and stay in close contact because they are committed to co-parenting him.
The Victoria's Secret model has previously told how she has dealt with the difficulties of the breakdown of her relationship through prayer.
She said: "Everyone goes through challenging periods in their life. That's inevitable and it's part of being human. I feel like it's a daily process to be positive."

Kate Winslet is planning to "take some serious risks" with her career.
The 'Divergent' actress is ready to return to acting just five months after giving birth to her third child, Bear, and is planning to seriously challenge herself with the roles she takes on.
She told Harper's Bazaar magazine: "It's time to get back. Back to the 'I don't f**k around,' back to the basics of take some serious risks, put yourself out there. And just really push it."
Kate has Bear with her husband Ned Rocknroll, but also raises Mia, 13, from her marriage to Jim Threapleton and Joe, 10, who she has with second husband Sam Mendes, and says her busy life as a mother doesn't always allow her time for pampering.
She said: "I know it sounds very self-effacing because people say, 'Oh, you're a film star. People probably come to your house to [pamper you].' But I don't have the time to get my nails done apart from when I'm doing a photo shoot."
The 38-year-old star also talked the fateful day when she met Ned, when his uncle, Sir Richard Branson's, mansion caught fire on Necker Island in the Caribbean.
She explained: "We really could have died, the house burned to the ground."
Kate saved Richard's mother, Eve, from the fire, explaining: "I carried her out of the house and down some very slippery stone steps. Lucky she's tiny.
"She's my son's great-grandmother now, so it's such a strange thing to talk about."

Taylor Swift is being sued by clothing brand Lucky 13.
The 'Love Story' singer counts 13 as her favourite number and sells T-shirts with 'Lucky 13' written on them through her online store, but Robert Kloetzly who owns Lucky 13 clothing - which has been trading since 1991 - feels she is stealing his business.
In a lawsuit lodged today (20.05.14), Robert accuses the singer of trademark infringement for unauthorised use of Lucky 13's branding, and claims they have contacted her people numerous times with no resolution.
In court documents seen by website TMZ, Robert describes Taylor as a singer who likes "fast cars and dangerous men who drive them inappropriately," which is the same demographic as his company targets. It also cites the star's music video for 'I Knew You Were Trouble' because it "depicts stylish, attractive, tattooed individuals in provocative situations," much like Lucky 13's branding.
Robert is seeking to get Taylor's merchandising site shut down and all of the profits she's made so far given to him, or damages paid to his company, whichever is greater.
Taylor, 24, was born on December 13, has the twitter name TaylorSwift13 and can often be seen with the number penned on her hand.
Explaining her attraction to that particular number, she has previously said: "The significance of the number 13 on my hand ... I paint this on my hand before every show because 13 is my lucky number - for a lot of reasons.
"I was born on the 13th. I turned 13 on Friday the 13th. My first album went gold in 13 weeks. My first number one song had a 13-second intro. Every time I've won an award I've been seated in either the 13th seat, the 13th row, the 13th section or row M, which is the 13th letter. Basically whenever a 13 comes up in my life, it's a good thing."

Roy Orbison's sons have used new technology to record a song by their late father.
The 'Oh, Pretty Woman' hitmaker, who died in 1988, recorded a track called 'The Way is Love' on a boombox and his sons Alex, Roy Jr and Wesley have been able to work on the song together, which will now feature on a 25th anniversary re-issue of Roy's last album 'Mystery Girl' from 1989.
Alex told BANG Showbiz: "My mom felt very strongly about the song and she tried to do something with it forever.
"We found the [original] tape in a giant pile we were going through and it's such a beautiful song with a strong message.
"It really did feel like we were recording with my dad, which I never got to do before he died. We made sure everything was perfect and layered all of the tracks.
"Looking at the finished product, I think he'd definitely be proud of what we've done."
Alex, who thinks there could be more tracks they want to work on in the future, claims being in the studio with his brothers brought them closer together.
He said: "My dad had brothers himself and he had said, 'Sometimes you don't get along but at the end of the day you have to hug and love each other'. We came together as brothers over this."
A documentary entitled 'Mystery Girl: Unraveled', executive produced by Alex, Roy and Wesley and directed by Alex, also features new interviews with Billy Burnette, John Carter Cash, Mike Campbell, Steve Cropper and more, along with never-before-seen interviews with Bono and the late Barbara Orbison.
Alex said: "We feel like one of the goals of the documentary was to show the recording process was like but also what my dad was like.
"You get to see a bit of his personality and his sense of humour. His laugh and things that are so endearing to us. We had great archive footage and it was a goal for us to show the man behind the sunglasses.
"He had such a dark ominous look at times, the songs were so heart-breaking and people assumed he was somber and morose, but he was such an upbeat, kind and gentle soul."
Roy Orbison's re-release of 'Mystery Girl' is out now.

Alessandra Ambrosio wants her daughter to be "nice and disciplined".
The Victoria's Secret beauty would like five-year-old Anja - her eldest child with fiance Jamie Mazur - to grow up feeling confident about herself and to know appearance isn't the only thing that matters.
Alessandra - who also has two-year-old son Noah with Jamie -said: "Having a perfect body isn't everything. I want my daughter to be nice, have a good education and be disciplined. That's what makes people like her. A perfect butt doesn't make an amazing person. It's about feeling confident."
Despite her slender figure, Alessandra admitted she never exercised until after her daughter was born.
She said: "When I started with Victoria's Secret at 21, I never worked out. Then when I got pregnant with my daughter, I gained about 60 pounds and had to walk the Victoria's Secret show three months later.
"That was the first time I had to really fight to get my body back into shape."
And while the brunette beauty now works hard on her figure, she admits she doesn't "do much" for her arms as she doesn't think people notice them as much as the rest of her.
Speaking to Self magazine, she said: "When you're in a bikini, your abs are the most important.
"I like doing bridges, and I'll also finish a workout with 100 bicycle crunches.
"I'll do three sets of 25 Supermans [to tone my back]. I don't really do much for my arms; throwing my kids in the air helps already. Plus, as a Brazilian, I know the last thing a man is going to look at -- even after your feet - is your arms!"

Halle Berry thinks she got pregnant because of her daughter's prayers.
The 47-year-old actress - who has daughter Nahla, six, with former boyfriend Gabriel Aubry and seven-month-old son Maceo with husband Olivier Martinez - thinks it is a miracle she had a second child because she was "premenopausal" shortly before she learned she was expecting another baby.
She said: 'I mean, I didn't think it was possible to have another baby and I thought for sure I had a need never to get married again. So, I've learned never to say never.
"Nahla prayed and prayed for him for like a year and a half for a baby and a bunk bed and she got both of those things.
"Only her prayers could have done this I didn't think it was possible at my age, honestly. They call it a geriatric pregnancy."
"I was, you know, on my way. This is probably way TMI, but I was kinda premenopausal, so to have this happen was huge."
The 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' star says her daughter dotes on her little brother, and loves nothing better than changing his outfits.
She told talk show host Ellen DeGeneres: "He's like one of her dollies that came to life.
"You know and all she wants to do is change his clothes. Like she'll purposely like throw something on his shirt and say, 'Oh mommy, he's got to change his shirt. He has a mess on him!' She just likes to change his clothes, change his diapers..."

Courtney Love tried to "help and mentor" Peaches Geldof.
The Hole rocker - who has battled drug addiction several times - was horrified when the tragic socialite, whose death last month has been linked to heroin use, visited her in Los Angeles at the Chateau Marmont, bringing with her a friend who was carrying a number of prescription drugs.
While Courtney admitted to "pushing" Peaches - whose mother Paula Yates died of a heroin overdose in 2000 - out of the room because she was so tempted by the drugs, their encounter made her vow to want to try and help her however she could.
She said: "My drug was heroin, I stopped taking it in the 90s, but I have taken the pills, the Roxycontin, Oxycontin.
"Peaches was in a room with a friend who had a bag full of these drugs, like 500 pills and I wanted it so badly, never have I ever wanted anything more - no man, no money - and I had to physically push Peaches and her friend out of the door.
"I was shaking and I kept thinking of the way her mother died and I thought I owe it to this girl to be an example.
"I was trying to help her, but at that point in her life, it proved to be impossible. Now the parallels to her mommy are horrific. It terrifies me for my own child."
Courtney - who has 21-year-old daughter Frances Bean with late husband Kurt Cobain - admitted she wasn't "shocked" to learn of Peaches' death.
She added in an interview with Grazia magazine: "You just can't believe it happened, it's so f***ing tragic. This girl was vivacious, so full of life and it was weird and horrible that she has passed away.
"I read heroin was involved and I was not shocked. I know how Peaches liked opiates."

James McAvoy almost crashed a helicopter on his way to Sao Paulo.
The 'X-Men Days of Future Past' actor was travelling to the Brazilian city, where he was promoting the film, when the pilot invited him to take control of the aircraft and hold the joystick, but things wen't wrong.
Talking on 'The Daily Show' James recalled the experience, he said: "I looked at him and thought he was joking. And then he took his hands off the joystick..."
Show host Jon Stewart joked: "Are they difficult to fly, were you thinking this pilot is insane?"
James added: "I did think the pilot was insane but I like that kind of crazy. So I was holding the joystick and was thinking this is doable, this was fine and then the slightest movement and then it would go shwwm......I think the pilot s**t himself and took back the controls. "
As the 35-year-old star was flying out of the city, he found he was travelling with the same pilot and the "brave" man let him take control again.
He added: "But two days later flying out of Sao Paulo, we had the same helicopter pilot, he's a very brave man, he let me do it again!"
'The Daily Show' airs tonight at 11pm on Comedy Central Extra.