Steve Martin says he's overwhelmed by "sadness and a midlife crisis in full throttle" after breaking up with his girlfriend and knowing his ex-wife has remarried.

"I'm 50 . . . this is my last viable decade," the actor told Esquire magazine.He divorced actress Victoria Tennant in 1993 - she remarried this month - and he recently broke up with 25-year-old actress Anne Heche.

Now, he's troubled by a recurring nightmare in which he's turning 60, perhaps starring in "Father of the Bride IV," and going through another divorce.

"I don't want that," he says. "I've been sorting out what it means to be a bachelor."

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Martin also has started reading pop psychology books, including "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus," and he got a Labrador named Roger.

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