Article: in real life, Zooey's lovelife couldn't be more important to her -- she announced her engagement to Ben Gibbard, frontman of the band Death Cab For Cutie in December last year.

in real life, Zooey's lovelife couldn't be more important to her - - she announced her engagement to Ben Gibbard, frontman of the band Death Cab For Cutie in December last year.

She's no stranger to falling in love -- her first boyfriend was actor Jason Schwartzman -- and she readily admits she's "a romantic".

"Love can mean a lot of different things," she says, tackling the all-important L-word.

"The fear of losing it is the dark side, but the wonderful side is the feeling that you get when you fall in love.

"Everyone has the heartbreak that shapes them in a way that they could never go back to the innocence that they had before.

"It's beautiful and poignant and bittersweet to explore. ...

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