Through their years of marriage, Kelly Preston and John Travolta have talked openly about their marriage. Here are their thoughts on being married.
John about having a honeymoon: "We're not planning a honeymoon. We go on a honeymoon every other week."
Source: Wensley Clarkson. John Travolta: Back in Character. 1996. pg 219.
Kelly Preston: "You have to keep creating a marriage. We talk about everything. We grow and change together, because nothing ever stays the same; you've got to continue evolving."
Source: Redbook.com
Kelly to her dance instructor after seeing John in a movie: "I'm going to marry the man in the movie."
Source: Lina Das. "Yes, It Really Is Him." The Daily Mail. 6/22/2007. p.32.
John: "We're going on 16 years and we work at it. Most people forget that you have to create relationships. The allure of the first years settles down and at that moment, you better start creating it, otherwise you're going to lose out."
Source: Lina Das. "Yes, It Really Is Him." The Daily Mail. 6/22/2007. p.32.
John: "Basically, Kelly and I are gypsies. The kids are gypsies. They love it. If we're in one place for more than three weeks, we're bored and we move on. There is some therapeutic value we get out of moving around a lot. The kids are the same way. They're nocturnal. We stay up late. We travel."
Source: Liz Smith. "John Travolta: inside talk ..." Good Housekeeping. 5/2005. pg 138.
John: There's a line in Look Who's Talking when I say, 'The key to a child's happiness is keeping the mother happy.' It's true, and it's contagious to the whole family."
Source: Jeanne Wolf. "Why John Travolta is so happy." Redbook. 2/2003. pg 108.
John: "Kelly and I don't get mad very easily. We have that in common. I had a girlfriend who had a temper, and I remember she liked to shake things up. I was never comfortable with that. I'm not one of those people who like to argue and then make up in bed. I have to settle the argument before I go to bed. Otherwise I'd be too preoccupied with 'Did we really resolve that?' to get romantic."
Source: Jeanne Wolf. "Hollywood's happiest husband." Redbook. 7/2001. pg 88.
John: "We went through those years where Kelly was always wondering whether I was going to leave her. I said, 'I told you, I'm in this for the rest of our lives; so unless you want to leave, I'm ready to work this out, whatever it is.'"
"Hollywood's happiest husband." Redbook. 7/2001. pg 88.
John: "Well, when I daydreamed about being married, I always thought about Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. There's something about them that goes beyond your average commitment. And I always said that if I ever got married, that I'd be married forever, and that I would not do it until I could really honestly feel that."
Source: Liz Smith. "John Travolta, family man." Good Housekeeping. 7/2000. pg 98.
Kelly: "There are hard times, but they are few and far between. We almost never fight because we know what pushes each other's buttons and we have made an agreement not to push them." She pauses, then adds with a just-between-us-girls giggle, "And the sex is always okay!"
Source: Debra Birnbaum. "Kelly Preston in Paradise." Redbook. 9/2000. pg 136.
John: "And I think that unless you work at it on a regular basis, it's going to fall apart. Part of the old-fashioned thing is through thick or thin and for better or worse. And when you say worse, you have to really work through worse --because anyone can work through better. It's much tougher to work through worse. Even though Kelly and I have had our moments, we just decided to work through them."
Source: Liz Smith. "John Travolta, family man." Good Housekeeping. 7/2000. pg 98.
Kelly: "Love is much more than instant attraction. It's about honesty and trust and commitment -- keeping it alive."
Source: Jennifer Kasle. "Kelly Preston, actress, mom, and oh yeah, John Travolta's wife." Redbook. 6/1998. pg 84.
Kelly: "You have to go out on dates with your husband -- little sexy dates. Even if it's simple, like going out for dinner and dancing and making out -- simple pleasures that are kind of wonderful."
Source: Jennifer Kasle. "Kelly Preston, actress, mom, and oh yeah, John Travolta's wife." Redbook. 6/1998. pg 84.
