The 27-year-old actress wed the `Green Lantern` star in 2008, and although they split in December 2010, Scarlett is not regretful as she felt it was "instinct" to set up a home with him. She said: "It was the best thing I ever did. I`m a big believer that when something feels right, you should do it. "I`m a big believer in instinct. Getting married was the right thing to do because it was natural. It grew out of romance and love and a desire to have a future with somebody, and I was very fortunate that I married somebody who turned out to be the person I thought he would be." However, the `Avengers` beauty admits the pair spent a lot of time away from one another and she was not prepared to do the work necessary to keep their romance alive. In an interview with America`s Cosmopolitan magazine, she said: "Relationships are complicated. Being married is a living, breathing process. I think I was not fully aware of the peaks and the valleys. I wasn`t prepared to hunker down and do the work. "Both of us were extremely busy. We spent so much time apart. It`s very difficult." Scarlett - who dated Sean Penn for five months following her break-up with Ryan - recently admitted she likes a "bad boy" in a relationship. She said: "I`m attracted to the quality of being adventurous and perhaps a bit mischievous. And also questioning authority and being proactive. If that makes up a quintessential bad boy, then whatever."