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Pierce Brosnan and Keely Shaye Smith know how to keep a good thing going.
« Keely and I love each other and are blessed to have each other as companions in this life, » the James Bond actor told Fox News Digital of his wife of more than 20 years. « And we’ve created a good life for ourselves of hard work and perseverance of life. »
Brosnan, who stars in the new film « The Unholy Trinity, » noted that marriage is always about « solving problems. »
« You know, it’s just solving one problem after the [other], whether it’s the washing machine or how far the finances are going to go or what your dreams are. But, ultimately, we just enjoy each other’s company enormously. »
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Pierce Brosnan and Keely Shaye Smith know how to keep a good thing going. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
The pair, who married in Ireland in 2001, will celebrate their 24th anniversary in August.
« She’s given me wings to fly and lets me, you know, gallivant around the world here making movies, » he added. « But we’re here, and Hawaii is her home and our home. »
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The 72-year-old plays Gabriel Dove, an Irish immigrant sheriff in 1870s Montana in « The Holy Trinity » alongside Samuel L. Jackson, Brandon Lessard, David Arquette, Q’orianka Kilcher, Gianni Capaldi and his two sons with Keely — Dylan, 28, and Paris, 24.
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Pierce Brosnan and Keely Shaye Smith with sons Dylan, left, and Paris, right. (P. Lehman/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
« He’s an immigrant, and he’s a man that’s kind of somewhat mangled and torn by the persecution of his own days, » Brosnan said. « And he was trying to make a go at it. He’s trying to keep order in this tiny town. »
Brosnan said his acting advice to his sons would be « know your lines. »
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« Paris is now working as an actor. He’s doing his first feature. Know your line, be prepared. No one’s gonna direct you. You direct yourself, » he explained. « Show up on time, be kind, be gracious and, you know, be good to yourself. And don’t hold it too tightly. »
Brosnan said his wife has given him « wings to fly. » (Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic)
Brosnan also shares two older sons and a late daughter with his late wife, Cassandra Harris, who died in 1991. His daughter, Charlotte, died at age 41 in 2013 after a battle with cancer.
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Brosnan and Shaye Smith met at a party in 1994 and began dating soon after.
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Pierce Brosnan and Keely Shaye Smith met at a party in 1994 and began dating soon after. (Fred Duval/FilmMagic)
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Last year, the « Mamma Mia » actor gushed over Keely on their 23rd anniversary, calling her his « beautiful brown eyed girl, my north, my south, my east and west. All my love, should I fall behind wait for me. »
« The Unholy Trinity » is playing in theaters now.
