To believe is the secret of a happy marriage: Banderas

London: Believing in your partner is the key for a happy married life, according to Spanish actor Antonio Banderas. Married to actress Melanie Griffith, whom he met on the sets of the 1995 film `Two Much`, the secret of his healthy, happy, and passionate marriage is `to believe`, Ok! magazine reported.

"The secret is to believe. To believe that after a crisis for example, you`re going to get stronger. To be passionate, believe me, is not a bad thing. It is a very underrated virtue. Very," Banderas said. "But, it holds big virtues. If you don`t have passion, all of these big virtues fall apart. But, if you do all of this can shine. So, passion with each other," he added. The 49-year-old actor, who has been with Griffith for almost 15 years now admits that the relationship with wife has only gotten better over time. "You can start reading the other person in a different way. It`s providing you with a totally different pleasure than the beginning of the relationship. People are looking for all the time, the sensation, the pink kind of world, well that changes. But the good news is that it can change for the better," Banderas said. PTI