Julie Delpy Quotes

I hate, for example, whenever you hear someone say, 'You have work at being a couple.'

I do believe in soulmates and happy/successful marriages. No marriage can be happy 24x7 for 365 days. Both partners have to make the relationship work, is what I believe in.

Danny and I worked really hard in the beginning of the relationship to find different levels of this couple.

A relationship is hard in and of itself. And having kids is really hard work, but I think it's really meaningful, as is a relationship. But they all take work.

It's so easy to grow apart; marriage takes work.

With any long-term relationship, you have good days and bad days.

There's no perfect relationship. All relationships are work. If you put in the work, you'll reap the rewards.

It's kind of sad that couples don't want to work together, it's like, 'Wow, you really don't like the person you're with?' I'd rather kiss her then some random person I just met

Not everyone wants to know everything their partner did. Maybe it's enough to say, "Things aren't going well in our marriage. I've made mistakes. I don't think you've been a good partner to me. How do we go forward together?" I think there's a different answer for every couple. But I think intimacy is asking that question.

I'm good in bed, actually, and I think I could learn to be a good communicator, too. The only trouble with that is it leads to marriage.

Marriage is wild. I thought it was this perfect land of happiness and joy. Wrong! After you say you do, you don't for a long time.

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.

It's just as hard... staying happily married as it is doing movies.

If it's not working before you get married, marriage isn't going to fix it.

Everybody says love is about finding the person who is right for me and then everything will be fine. But it's not like that. It involves work. An old man tells you this!

The dynamic of a relationship changes when one person gets sober.

But marriage goes in waves. You've got to be patient. People bail and give up on their marriages way too early. They just don't put the work and the effort into it. You've got to suck up your ego a lot of times, because that can be a big downfall.

A relationship is work, and it changes. And you go with the changes. It's more good times than bad times, but it's not always good. You have to overcome those issues and move on.

Staying focused is hard work and staying married is even harder.

Y'know, every relationship is different. There are good marriages, bad marriages, connected partners, unconnected partners.

The only kind of love worth having is the kind that goes on living and laughing and fighting and loving.

Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard.

As a rule, all relationships go through their ups and downs. It's really about how much you want it.

If someone had told me years ago that sharing a sense of humour was so vital to partnerships, I could have avoided a lot of sex!

You have to work hard not to take your partner for granted, even when you are tired.