NEW YORK (AP) - John Stamos played uncle Jesse on the '80s sitcom ''Full House.'' Now he wants to be a father.

''If I don't have kids soon, I am going to adopt,'' the 44-year-old actor tells OK! magazine in its latest issue, on newsstands Friday. ''Even if I do have kids, I think I will (adopt). I always thought to myself that I would be a better father later on in life.''

Stamos and Rebecca Romijn divorced in 2005, nearly a year after they announced they were separating after five years of marriage. Romijn, 34, married Jerry O'Connell in July.

''Right after I got divorced or separated, I was like, 'I've got to find somebody,''' Stamos says. ''Then I went through a phase where I hated dating. Now I'm kind of embracing it.''

Stamos, who co-stars on the NBC medical drama ''ER,'' says he doesn't find dating hard now.

''I think I'm probably easier to date,'' he says. ''I'm certainly not as wild as I used to be.''

Of his marriage to Romijn, Stamos says: ''It burned really bright, and I kind of knew it was going to burn out at some point. But it was a great ride and I don't regret one minute of it.''

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