'The secret to a happy marriage is having separate bathrooms': Actor Michael Caine gives his top tips for a successful love life
- Has been married to his second wife Shakira, 67, for 42 years
- Says one key is separate bathrooms, and another is being totally equal
- Admits that Shakira 'runs the whole business'
- Also says he learnt acting skills by watching how people spoke on the tube
Movie legend Sir Michael Caine says the secret to a happy marriage is...separate bathrooms.
Sir Michael, 81, says a couple should have dual washing facilities from the start of married life.
He told a magazine: 'You start with two bathrooms. You never share a bathroom with your wife.
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Michael, 81 has been married to his second wife Shakira, 67, (pictured with him) for 42 years
Michael, pictured with wife Shakira and their daughter Natasha in 1974, says his wife is totally equal to him
'Otherwise, you have a little tiny corner with a razor and a toothbrush in it, and you never get in there.'
The award-winning star, who has been married to his second wife Shakira, 67, for 42 years, went on : 'You become equal partners. My wife and I are equal in everything.
'There's no little woman married to the big film star or s**t like that. She runs the whole business, and we're equal partners in it, and she does as much work off screen as I do on it - which is terribly important.
The award winning actor says his best acting lessons were simply watching people talk on the London tubes
'She comes with me everywhere I go, because if you're on your own, you start having your own friends that the other one doesn't know. You start with parallel lines.
'And as we all know about parallel lines, that they taught us in geometry, they never meet again. That's the most important part - you must not lead parallel lives. You've got to introduce your wife to everything.'
In the interview with Esquire, the actor also revealed that he learned his acting skills by watching how people spoke to one another on the London Underground.
He said: 'My great drama lessons were just sitting on the Tube, watching people talk.'
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