People often believe that celebrity relationships are so very different from that of your everyday couple. Set aside the celebrity status, gruelling schedules, the long distance, the added media pressure- they are still just two people who meet and fall in love just like the rest of us. They have their struggles too- so we find out what high profile celebrities do to keep their relationships happy and healthy. And maybe we can take a leaf from their book.
Relationships on Female First
Space
'She puts up with me. I think, also, in a way the traveling helps. We're able to travel together and also be apart sometimes. Not everybody gets to live like that. Twenty years now. It's like you start to pat yourself on the back when you look around you and you see that very few people have 20 years into a marriage.' (Denzel Washington on Pauletta Pearson- IMDB)
Love without looking
'I don't know what I'd do without my husband. I'd be dead, emotionally at least, if I hadn't met him. He's the greatest. If you've been married for a long time you love without looking. My greatest culinary triumph was when I was falling in love with my husband. We were on the coast of Maine in a cabin and I made an apple pie...just whipped it up, without a recipe or anything..just the perfect pastry. I've never been able to do it again - and he asks for it often!' (Meryl Streep on Don Gummer- IMDB)
Loving and liking
'We keep getting begged for our "secret" - why ours has lasted so much longer than most Hollywood marriages put together. More than anything else, the same ounce-of-prevention that works against sibling rivalry also works against separation and divorce: Trudie and I not only love but actually like each other.' (Sting on Trudie- IMDB)
Love the person not the package
"I like Victoria for herself, not for nothing else. I'd like her if she worked in Tesco. People can say what they like. But me and Victoria will always stay together as husband and wife." (David Beckham on Victoria Beckham-IMDB)
Embrace differences
' I believe he's my soul mate. But that doesn't mean it doesn't take work, because we are very, very different.' (Megan Fox on Brian Austin Green- IMDB)
Admiration
'I admired Melanie before I loved her.' (Antonio Banderas on Melanie Griffith- IMDB)
Parenting skills
'One of the greatest, smartest things I ever did was give my kids Angie as their mom. She is such a great mom. Oh, man, I'm so happy to have her.' (Brad Pitt on Angeline Jolie- IMDB)
Soul Mates
'Ultimately, I believe the only secret to a happy marriage is choosing the right person. Life is a series of choices, right?' (Michelle Pfeiffer on David E Kelly- IMDB)
Sharing
'Life is not about making dough or how many movies you can make in a year. It's about finding someone that you can share things with.' (Freddie Prinze Jr on Sarah Michelle Gellar- IMDB)
Stength
'You're so much stronger when your partner is strong. I honestly believe there is no woman for me but Jada. Of all the women I've met - and there've been a few - no one can handle me the way Jada does. Once you feel someone locked in on you, it's no contest. As fine as other women can be, as tempting sexually, I'm not going anywhere. This is it. I can't imagine what anyone else could offer.' (Will Smith on Jada Pinkett Smith- IMDB)
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