Michael J. FoxandTracy Pollanmay have30 years of married blissunder their belt, but it wasn’t love at first sight for the couple.
Sitting down with PEOPLE for this week’s cover story, Pollan admits that it took some time for her to warm up to Fox.
“He was very cocky,” says Pollan. “He was funny, but he was cocky.”
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Pollen departedFamily Tiesafter one season, but met again on the filmBright Lights Big Citytwo years later.
Still interested, Fox, 57, immediately asked Pollan, 58, about her relationship status during her audition.
“I said, ‘How’s your boyfriend?’ And she said, ‘We’re not together anymore,’ " recalls Fox.
He asked her to lunch, they started dating and they married a year later.
“When you play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon,” says Fox. “I always win.”
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Together, they’ve raised a close-knit family and share son Sam, 29, twin daughters Schuyler and Aquinnah, 23, and daughter Esmé, 16.
Asked about the key to a long marriage, Pollan says, “Just give each other the benefit of the doubt. He assumes I’m doing the best I can.”
Adds Fox, “Find the best things about you and the best things about life and celebrate them.”
source: people.com
