David Schwimmer mother is desperate for him to settle down.

The former "Friends" star - who in the past has dated a bevy of famous beauties, including Natalie Imbruglia, S Club 7 star Tina Barrett and Spanish actress Carla Alapont - admits he has been unlucky in love and wants to please his mom by finding the perfect woman soon.

David moaned, "My mother asks me every other week, 'Have you found a nice girlfriend?' Now I have started to ask myself the same question. I could have a wife and family by now."

"I haven't even come close to engagement. There was one point when I thought I was getting close with Carla, but again I had my priorities in the wrong place. I put work before my relationship, which I always seem to do. I keep on saying to myself that I must put my relationship first. I feel like I am more than ready, then something else comes up. I am struggling to make a commitment."

Despite putting his career before love, David accepts he still has a long way to go before becoming a big screen legend.

He told In Gear magazine, "I haven't really achieved anything yet. The money gives me the freedom to turn things down that I don't want to do. It has allowed me to design and build a new place to live in New York, to buy art and to live well."

"But beyond that, it doesn't buy you a great script, the chance to work with terrific actors and the role of a lifetime. To get those, you need to start all over again. I have to worry about the detail, no one else is going to do it for me."