Jamie Lee Curtis has something special: a 40-year marriage.
The award-winning actress married her husband Christopher Guest in 1984, just four months after they met.
The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star was asked about the secret to her long-lasting marriage.
“Well, you're not leaving,” Curtis told Entertainment Tonight on the red carpet after winning an Emmy for “The Bear.”
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Jamie Lee Curtis and Christopher Guest have been married for 40 years. (Getty Images)
“I've been sober for a long time, too. And in recovery we have a phrase: 'If you stay on the bus, the landscape changes.' And, you know, that's marriage. If you stay on the bus, the landscape changes.
“Suddenly, they literally want to hate each other, and then the next day, it's a nice, sunny day. And the dog does something cute. Or your kid does something cute. And they look at each other and say, 'Oh, my God. ' And then they're on a different path.
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“I think perseverance, patience, kindness and a very good dose of hate.
Curtis attributed his decades of sobriety to his marriage to Guest. (Getty Images)
“That's the truth. They're going to hate each other. They're not going to leave. They're not going to let that hate lead them to make a decision they're going to regret. I think that's really the secret.”
After marrying, Curtis and Guest adopted daughters Annie and Ruby.
“I think perseverance, patience, kindness and a very good dose of hate.”
In 2018, she told Good Housekeeping: “My husband and I are polar opposites. We have been for 33 years and we always will be.”
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“He is an intellectual and I am on the side of the movie stars, the alcoholic and the drug addict, where education is not the most important thing. We don't listen to the same radio station, we don't read the same newspaper, we don't go to sleep at the same time.”
Curtis rose to fame after playing Laurie Strode in John Carpenter's horror hit, “Halloween.”
Curtis and Guest have two adopted daughters together. (Getty Images)
Producer Debra Hill said she cast Curtis because of her mother's status as a horror icon and that she would be “great publicity” for the film.
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His mother, Janet Leigh, was known for her role in Alfred Hitchcock's film. Classic horror movie, “Psycho.”
