"I will never, never get married again," the Oscar winner, 40, says in the April issue of InStyle.

"Actually it's just that now I've come to a place where I think two people can share their lives without the ring, without the piece of paper."

Berry's previous marriages to Atlanta Braves player David Justice and R&B singer Eric Ben¨¦t both ended in divorce.

"After my last relationship [with actor Michael Ealy] broke up I was feeling like, well, it wasn't that I didn't want to be in a relationship, it's just that I thought it would be okay to be on my own," she tells InStyle.

"But he was disarmingly sweet and caring and different. In the past I've been attracted to big personalities. Gabriel was shy. He hardly talked to me at first."

Berry is currently dating model Gabriel Aubry, 31, and looking toward the future. She may not be willing to take wedding vow, but tells PEOPLE, "I definitely want children. Very much."