- Posted by: Spicy
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- Jan 26, 2012
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William Macy and Felicity Huffman, I love these two.
Married since 1997, William and Felicity are one of the few Hollywood couples who have made it work in a town known for its short, meaningless, throwaway marriages.
So what is the key to their marriage? Faking it – but not like you think.
William Macy says that the secret to a lasting marriage is waiting out your problems and keeping the passion alive. When things aren’t going well put on your best Academy Award performance and act like it was the first day you met.
“Just act like you love her more than anybody you’ve ever seen in your life, and you’ll get it back in spades. Just pretend. You have to pretend. Make it up, just make it up!,” advises Macy.
“Marriage is really hot and ooey-gooey for about a year or two, and then the rest of it is a relationship, which you got to work on. You can have passion, but you’ve got to work on it … Do whatever you need. The point is, you’ve got to set your sights. You’ve got to say, ‘Do we want to make this hot? Or do we not?’ And if you do, then do it! Don’t give yourself excuses.”
Sometimes marriages just don’t work, and sometimes they were never meant to be, but far too often tinseltown twosomes fizzle out before the honeymoon is even over. I bet if Hollywood gave trophies for long lasting marriages at a huge, prestigious, lavish, over-indulgent annual awards ceremony, we’d see that number dwindle. Who says Hollywood’s priorities are warped?
*Bonus!* Never heard Head Automatica’s “I Shot William H. Macy”? Well now you have.
