Sandra Oh Quotes

A lot of shows have couples with issues inside the relationship.

Couples counseling gets many couples back together. But not all, and not always. For your own sake and that of your children, however, I recommend it - I almost insist on it - as the first step for anyone unhappy in a relationship.

Never argue with your wife about hostility when she's a certified Freudian.

A lot of times, women don't get the male perspective in regards to a relationship, what men go through when they're not really dealing well.

I've been married to Kris for 21 years, and there have always been rocky times. And it's nothing special.

Every couple goes through things.

Actors are intelligent. Yet, many of them do not communicate well. That's what makes it so hard to have a relationship with one.

I believe that the dissolution of a marriage comes about by the breaking down of self-esteem.

When I was growing up, I never saw couples fight on the family sitcoms I loved to watch. Subsequently, when tough times arose in my own relationship, I wasn't prepared and felt so isolated and alone. Marital issues weren't a part of the narrative that television told me was a 'working relationship.'

My boyfriend and I like to fight a lot. I have a lot of problems. He has a lot of problems. Somehow, we always work them out and find a way back to each other.

To solve a marriage problem, you have to talk with each other about it, choosing wisely the time and place. But when accusations and lengthy speeches of defense fill the dialogue, the partners are not talking to each other but past each other. Take care to listen more than you speak. If you still can't agree on a solution, consider asking a third party, without a vested interest, to mediate.

Marriage. The beginning and the end are wonderful. But the middle part is hell.

I'm sorry," she says. I wheel around. "You know, you're a total know-it-all. And it's incredibly rude sometimes; I mean, you're not perfect either, and you act like it's my fault but it's not my fault for being quiet or your fault for being a know-it-all. It's not your problem or my problem; it's their problem. They're the demented ones, not us, so don't take it out on me, because the only thing that holds things together for me is having someone else on the Not Demented Team.

Professional marriage counselors agree that the most productive and mature way to deal with marital anger is to stomp dramatically from the room. You want to make your move before the opponent does, because the first person to stomp from the room receives valuable Argument Points that can be redeemed for exciting merchandise at the Marital Prize Redemption Center.

I was never very mature in my relationships with women. First sign of conflict, I was gone.

When you're in a relationship you want it to work. My parents did, I did. But we are not taught how to make it work.

It's not always been a happy marriage. I guess I wanted a quick fix.

When we're children we're told love is going to be great: Just fall in love, the rest will take care of itself - and then we fall in love and we realize, Okay, this is actually really, really hard work. This guy doesn't just tell me I'm great every day, you know?

There's nothing like a family crisis, especially a divorce, to force a person to re-evaluate his life.

With me, nothing goes right. My psychiatrist said my wife and I should have sex every night. Now, we'll never see each other!

There is love there. And then there's times when I can't even stomach Simon. You don't have to sit next to him. That's all I have to say.

Half a psychiatrist's patients see him because they are married - the other half because they're not.

The fact is, I am in my third marriage and I do not believe in divorce. But I was half the problem, I guarantee you. More than half the problem. I couldn't negotiate with the other women.

When David Arquette and I got engaged we started therapy together. I'd heard that the first year of marriage is the hardest, so we decided to work through all that stuff early.

It took me too long to realise that if you go to a marriage counsellor to resolve problems, it's in his interest to keep the marriage going.