Samuel L. Jackson & Wife LaTanya: 40 Years And Counting!

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In Hollywood, it’s commonplace to have celebrity couples look cute together, become an item, get married, only to get divorces years later. So when we hear of a couple making it to nearly 40 years, that’s something we have to talk about.

“The secret to our success? Well, I guess we still love each other,” the 70-year-old exclusively shared to Good Morning America.

And though four decades seem like eons for celebrity romances, the Oscar-nominated actor explained that relationships in Hollywood are little different from relationships elsewhere. “[Couples are] always breaking up in neighborhoods all over the world,” he said.

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“Our job is just a job, you go to work, we go to work,” Jackson added. “If I’m at home working, I love coming home and sleeping in my bed. I was working a lot of other different places, but she comes to visit. You know, we both come from the theater. She’s on Broadway right now doing To Kill a Mockingbird, I’m out in the world doing movies. We understand the bond we have, the commonality of experiences, the commonality of joy of the theater and of our lives and of our daughter’s life, so it’s easy for us to stay connected.”

And Samuel will never forget it. In fact, he has his wife to thank for literally getting him where he is now.

The 71-year-old actor paid tribute to LaTanya, 70, and their 35-year-old daughter Zoe when he picked up the Lifetime Achievement Award at He praised his loved ones for urging him to go to rehab after finding him passed out one day.