Courtney B. Vance about almost 30 years of marriage to Angela Bassett

Courtney B. Vance spills the beans to the secret of his almost three decades with Angela Bassett.

The 65 -year -old actor took part in the world premiere of his new film Lilo & Stitch In the El Capitan Theater in Los Angeles this Saturday.

During an exchange with the press, Vance revealed that the secret ingredient for his long -lasting marriage simply stayed with the saying “Happy Wife, Happy Life”.

“It’s really about when my wife is happy, the country is happy,” said Vance to People Magazine. “So I just try (go), ‘does that work for you, baby?’ It doesn’t work … we don’t do that.

“And I think it is mutual respect,” he added and at the same time emphasized the importance of every person in the partnership, who reports their authentic thoughts and feelings about possible great decisions.

“You have to talk about it (it) and find out which way … (you) want to go.”

The 66 -year -old Vance and Bassett initially met in the early 80s as a doctoral student at the Yale -Drama School, but only had romantic years later after they collided in New York City.

“I only came across Courtney again in 1994,” Bassett told Oprah Winfrey in an interview from 2007. “I was traveling with some friends and it was too. It was like ‘Hey! Nice to see you.'”

The couple married in 1997 and welcomed brotherly twins Bronwyn Golden and Slater Josiah in 2006.