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"It&amp;apos;s a good time to be Robin Wright. The actress is on an upswing in both her personal life and her professional life, with a new engagement to actor Ben Foster and a Golden Globe-winning role on the critically acclaimed Netflix hit House of Cards. Three years ago, though, she was in a very different place. In a new interview with the U.K.&amp;apos;s Telegraph, Wright, 47, reflects on her life now versus her life then, when she was getting over a &amp;quot;devastating&amp;quot; divorce from second husband Sean Penn. Click here for the 10 most shocking Hollywood breakups.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Divorce in and of itself, and with children, is devastating. Worst than that,&amp;quot; she says of her tumultuous romance with the Gangster Squad actor, with whom she has two kids, Dylan, 22, and Hopper, 20. &amp;quot;One of the reasons why we got back together and broke up so much was trying to keep the family together,&amp;quot; she explains. &amp;quot;If you&amp;apos;ve got kids, it&amp;apos;s a family, and you try again, and you try again. We did that for a long time.&amp;quot;\r\nIndeed, Penn and Wright separated and reconciled multiple times over their 20-year relationship (and 14-year marriage) before finally divorcing in 2010. Now, she says, &amp;quot;Sean sees the kids. They see him. They see me. We&amp;apos;ve all got our own lives.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nA big part of Wright&amp;apos;s life these days is her romance with Foster, 33, whom she met on the 2011 movie Rampart. The Princess Bride star even has a tattoo of her fiance&amp;apos;s first initial on the third finger of her left hand. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve been so anti-tattoos my whole life,&amp;quot; she notes in the Telegraph interview. &amp;quot;But doing this felt right because we&amp;apos;re not that traditional.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThat may be why Foster&amp;apos;s proposal earlier this year came as &amp;quot;such a shock&amp;quot; to the actress. &amp;quot;But we felt married anyway,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;We&amp;apos;ve been together ever since the first date.&amp;quot;\r\nTheir first date, in fact -- which involved going to a poetry recital -- is the only first date Wright has ever been on. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;d never, ever been asked out on a date before,&amp;quot; she shares. &amp;quot;Never. I was frickin&amp;apos; married my whole life, and even before that I hadn&amp;apos;t been asked out.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nDivorced twice -- from Penn and first husband Dane Witherspoon -- Wright once said she&amp;apos;d never marry again. But she has since changed her tune. &amp;quot;Never say never,&amp;quot; she quips. &amp;quot;Ben and I have a connection between us that just feels right. I don&amp;apos;t know any other word for it.&amp;quot;\r\nThat connection is what keeps the couple close even when they find themselves on location in different parts of the world. &amp;quot;You&amp;apos;re never really home if you work in this industry,&amp;quot; she explains. &amp;quot;I have a house here in California and come back every month and a half to see my kids. And they come to New York. Ben and I fly to each other. We make it work.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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