Holding It Down! 15 Secrets of Celeb Couples Who’ve Stayed Together For Years

8. Melanie Griffith & Antonio Banderas

Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas have had their share of rough patches in their marriage, as every couple will inevitably face. But obstacles can bring the biggest rewards to your relationship as well. “Even in crisis, we have been patient enough to detect that at the end of the tunnel was a light. We have had as many problems as anybody. We’ve never hidden it. We’ve been open about addictions, in the case of Melanie,” says Antonio. “She has overcome her problems beautifully. I didn’t know she was so strong. It makes me love her even more, because she has been an unbelievable lion fighting, and she got it.” Banderas told People Magazine in 2010, “We believed, very much, in each other and we’ve been battling with everything that happens in our lives because at the end we knew there was a reward.”

The lesson: embrace obstacles and challenges as an invitation to grow as a couple, not as a reason to give up.