Gwyneth Grows Up: Interview

By Stef Mcdonald

08/13/1998 at 12:00 AM EDT

Two weeks after the high-profile wedding of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston comes word from Gwyneth Paltrow, a former Pitt fiancee, about her relationship with the actor. In the September issue of Vanity Fair, the Oscar-winning actress talks about her break-up with Pitt in 1997. "It really changed my life," she is quoted as saying. "My heart sort of broke that day, and it will never be the same." She goes on to add that director father Bruce Paltrow's battle with throat cancer also forced her to grow up and that she was happy to have the chance to work with him on the upcoming film "Duets," which Pitt walked away from the project after their break-up. As for her own romantic future? She's still friends with recent beau Ben Affleck and doesn't expect to hear any wedding bells in her honor soon. "I try to remember, as I hear about friends getting engaged, that it's not about the ring, and it's not about the wedding. It's ... a grave thing, getting married. And it's easy to get swept up in the wrong things."