'Twilight' star Robert Pattinson says he does not believe in true love

British actor Robert Pattinson does not believe in true love, he said at the Berlin Film Festival on Friday, in contrast to the lovestruck pioneer he portrays in the western comedy period film Damsel.

Directed by David and Nathan Zellner, Damsel stars Pattinson as the wealthy Samuel Alabaster who traverses the Wild West in search of his love Penelope, played by Australian actress Mia Wasikowska.

"Do I believe in true, pure love? No. No, I think it's, yeah, I mean it's obviously more complicated," he said at a news conference after the screening.

Damsel is one of 19 films competing for the festival's Golden Bear award.

Pattinson was in a relationship with his Twilight co-star Kristen Stewart. But the couple broke up when reports of Stewart dating her Snow White and The Huntsman director Rupert Sanders surfaced.

The Good Time star then started dating singer FKA Twigs in September 2014. The couple got engaged after seven months in the relationship. But according to a report in The Sun, in October the singer was spotted minus her engagement ring and was also photographed with model Brieuc Breitenstein in Ibiza while Pattinson was reportedly getting close to pop diva Katy Perry.

“Rob is tired of it, has called off their engagement and told friends they have split. With so much ­history between them, though, there are still strong feelings there.

“It’s a difficult situation but things have become tough between them for some time and they both know they were no longer working as a couple,” the tabloid quoted a source.

Pattinson is busy promoting Damsel around the festival circuit starting with Sundance Film Festival earlier in January. He is also working on sci-fi adventure High Life and he has three other movies in the pipeline. FKA Twigs, on the other hand, is working on her second album having released her first album, LP1, in August 2014.

(With Agencies Inputs)