Catherine Zeta-Jones Has Surprising Reaction to Michael Douglas Memoir

After all, not only have she and Douglas had over 25 years of marriage to spill all their secrets to one another, but it’s also not like the Romancing the Stone actor published the book overnight.

“He’s been writing his book for quite some time, during these last years I’ve been doing Wednesday and Kill Jackie, and I’m just happy for him,” she said. “It’s a great legacy.”

Plus, she and Douglas—who share kids Dylan, 26, and Carys, 23—have built a solid foundation over their almost three decades together. And, according to the 57-year-old, their winning partnership boils down to a few basic instincts.

“Being kind to each other,” she explained. “And we have a very similar, sick, dry sense of humor. Which, in any circumstance that you find yourself in, within 28 years—we were two years together before we go married—you’ve got to find humor in it. It may not be funny at the time, but you got to look back at it and go, ‘You gotta laugh at that now, remember when that happened?’”

In addition to patience, Zeta-Jones also sites giving the other “free reign” to pursue projects that appeal to them—including Kill Jackie, which sees the actress play a former drug queenpin on the run from assassins. 

“He loves nothing more than when he sees the joy my acting brings me,” she said of her husband. “I don’t want to be away from him for seven months, coming back and forth, but we make it work. We always find those times and those long weekends where we can reconnect, and then off we go.”

So, don’t miss the fruits of Douglas and Zeta-Jones’ separation in Kill Jackie, which premiered on AMC+ Oct. 2. And for more of the couple’s sweetest moments, read on.