The pair co-star in ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN, but provided the voices for the characters in the film during separate recording sessions.

He explains, "(Doing an animated film) It's weird. You're never with another actor. I never saw Queen Latifah - I met her at the premiere.

"I actually saw her when I was filming it, when I was recording it - it takes about a year, you do it in segments.

"I saw her in a restaurant and here I am playing her romantic interest in the movie and her back was to me at this restaurant, but I didn't want to go up to her - I was afraid.

"We had such great chemistry. That's the best chemistry I have with women - when we don't meet."

Ray Romano and family and Queen Latifah at the Premiere of new movie 'Ice Age 2: The Meltdown', Los Angeles, California - 19.03.06