Cox: 'I still have feelings for Arquette'

Courteney Cox has confessed that she still has "strong feelings" for husband David Arquette.

The couple split in December 2010 after 11 years of marriage but have not filed official divorce documents.

In an interview with Harper's Bazaar, the Cougar Town actress insisted that she has not yet given up on the relationship and is open to giving things another try.

"We loved each other so much, and if anything I feel like we've been extremely successful at marriage," she explained.

"If it doesn't work out, I will have huge waves of pain about failing in that department. But right now I don't have that because I don't know what the future holds and I guess because I have strong feelings for him."

Cox - who described herself as Arquette's "protector" - also told the publication that she feels a sense of responsibility in the relationship because he is eight years her junior.

"I thought I had always been a little bit of a cougar with David," she said.

"I don't find the whole cougar word that offensive. And also, a cougar is someone who takes care of herself and goes out with younger guys. She doesn't need a man to take care of her."