David Schwimmer talks fatherhood

David Schwimmer back his innocence.

The 44-year-old actor whose wife,Zoe Buckman, gave birth to a baby girl on May 8 in New York admits he got caught up in being a celebrity after finding fame with TV show Friends but fatherhood has changed all that.

“Having a child has added a whole new dimension to my life,” he said. “I’ll look at a glass or a tomato as if for the first time and wonder how it looks or tastes to her. I was much more in touch with that innocence before celebrity and it’s wonderful to have it back. I feel like I get it now.”

David married Zoe, 25, last year after meeting her in 2007 but the actor who has previously dated Natalie Imbruglia and actress Mili Avital revealed he lost respect for himself during some of his past relationships.

“During those years there were times when it came to women and dating when I let celebrity get the better of me and I lost respect for myself,” he said.

“I just remember those dark periods where I allowed myself to be complicit in the whole celebrity thing even though it was something I always resisted and still do resist.

“So I would go out with someone I didn’t give a s**t about and well I took those moments pretty hard.”