JK Simmons has revealed the secret to a successful 28-year marriage to his wife Michelle Schumacher.
The 69-year-old actor has been married to the 58-year-old Broadway actor, singer and dancer since 1996.
He talked about what makes their relationship work. people magazine Monday night at the New York premiere of the new movie Red One.
JK said: ‘Be nice. Be on the good list.’
JK Simmons has revealed the secret to a successful 28-year marriage to his wife Michelle Schumacher; The couple was seen together in Berlin last week.
Then he gave the most important advice and then said, “And listen.”
He went on to explain that being attentive has laid the foundation for a strong marriage.
The Spider-Man star said: “None of us do that all the time and it’s still a work in progress for me, but try to listen, really try to listen.”
The two have enjoyed a decade and a half of marital bliss and share two children: Joe, 25, and Olivia, 22.
JK and Michelle met in 1991 after the actress joined the same musical production of Peter Pan as the actor who played the baddie Captain Hook.
In May, the Juno actor opened up about the first time he met his wife at the Florida Theater.
He told People: ‘I rented a car. I don’t know where I was going, but I was leaving the parking lot and I saw our dance captain walking with this beautiful little blonde.
“I just tried my best not to be the idiot craning his neck leering at this beautiful young woman.”
The 69-year-old actor has been married to the 58-year-old Broadway actor, singer and dancer since 1996; as they appear together in New York on Sunday
The two have enjoyed a decade and a half of marital bliss and share two children: son Joe, 25, and daughter Olivia, 22 (pictured).
The trio was joined by Michelle’s son from a previous relationship, Randle Schumacher, at the premiere in Berlin earlier this month.
JK finally made the first move in a slightly embarrassing way when he walked into her dressing room to wish her luck.
He explained: ‘I knocked on the door and (she said) “Come in.” Like most dancers, she was dressed in dance underwear.
“I tried to be Mr. Cool and wished him a good show and turned around and walked out safely, banging my big toe hard on his dressing room door, squealing like a 4-year-old.”
Despite the mistake, everything worked out between the two as JK joked, “Somehow, she still found me attractive.”
The Whiplash actor told People that much later Michelle revealed she was in love with him when they met in a parking lot.
He explained: “Much, much, much later, Michelle told me she said, ‘Oh, who is that?’
“The dance captain had said, ‘Oh, that’s JK. He is heterosexual. “He’s our Captain Hook.”
JK’s daughter Olivia joined her father at the premiere in New York on Monday.
JK plays Santa Claus in the film Red One alongside a star-studded cast including Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Chris Evans and Lucy Liu.
The film focuses on his character, also known as Red One, who is kidnapped, the North Pole Security Chief (Johnson) must team up with the world’s most infamous bounty hunter, Evans), on a mission that travels around the world and action-packed to save Christmas.
The film directed by Jake Kasdan hits US theaters this Friday, November 15
JK plays Santa Claus in the film Red One alongside a star-studded cast including Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Chris Evans and Lucy Liu.
The film focuses on his character, also known as Red One, who is kidnapped, the North Pole Security Chief (Johnson) must team up with the world’s most infamous bounty hunter, Evans), on a mission that travels around the world and action-packed to save Christmas.
The film directed by Jake Kasdan hits theaters in the United States this Friday, November 15.
