Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart have certainly cemented themselves as a power couple, and at no point was that more true than their loved-up appearance at the 32nd Actor Awards.
Harrison, 83, and Calista, 61, wore matching black ensembles to the event, with Harrison later accepting the SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award for his decades of work in Hollywood, emotionally also shouting out his wife.
© Getty ImagesSpeaking with E! News just before the ceremony, though, the actor shared some insight into what makes their relationship work. The couple first met at the 2002 Golden Globe Awards, and finally tied the knot in June of 2010.
When the publication asked what he considered the secret to their marriage, Harrison simply quipped: "I don't tell my wife what to do." Further, when asked whether he had any inclination on getting his wife cast alongside him in Apple TV+'s Shrinking, he added: "That would be up to her."
© Getty ImagesPaying tribute
During his acceptance speech for the Life Achievement honor, Harrison at first quipped: "I'm still a working actor," before thanking several figures that had made his career what it was, from George Lucas to Steven Spielberg, before turning to his wife.
"I want to say thank you, from the bottom of my heart to my extraordinary, beautiful wife, Calista," the Indiana Jones star added, getting emotional. "And my family, who have given me love and courage through all of it."
The Harrison and Calista experience
Speaking with The Times in 2024, the Ally McBeal actress recalled that first fateful meeting with her future husband at a Globes after-party, revealing: "I had never seen Star Wars, which I know sounds really crazy. But I grew up in a small town without a movie theatre."
Of course, she did know who he was, and didn't think as highly of him in the moment. "No, I was aware of who Harrison Ford was! But I didn't think, 'Oh this is Indiana Jones.' It was more along the lines of, 'This is some lascivious old man and what is he doing at our table?'"
© Getty ImagesIn love as "old people"
During a more recent appearance on the podcast Wild Card with Rachel Martin, the Star Wars actor joked that he'd realized over the years that "old people" fall in love just as much as the youth do.
"Old people can love, too," he said, explaining: "You know, you think about falling in love and all of that business. You think it's the business of youth or something, you know, and staying in love is the issue. Maintaining, nurturing, basically, not [expletive] up."
© Getty ImagesWhen asked how long he'd been married, he quipped: "If you ask me, I would say all my life. I was married for the first time at 23 years of age, which should be illegal." He has four kids with his first two wives, Mary Marquardt (married from 1964 to 1979) and Melissa Mathison (from 1983 to 2004). He shares a son, Liam, with Calista, who she'd adopted in 2001.
