Harrison Ford, on third marriage, says ‘old people can love too’ as he shares what he's learned

Harrison Ford is reflecting on the lessons he s learned about love and relationships During an appearance on NPR's Wild Card with Rachel Martin on Thursday Aug the -year-old actor spoke about love aging and marriage Old people can love too he disclosed You know you think about falling in love and all of that business you think it s the business of youth or something you know and staying in love is the issue Maintaining nurturing basically not f------ up Ford agreed with Martin when she stated that marriage is something that demands to be worked on every day in order for it to be thriving He joked that he also requirements several days off for bad behavior CHRISTIE BRINKLEY ADMITS FOREVER MIGHT BE TOO LONG FOR MODERN MARRIAGEThe actor met his wife actress Calista Flockhart at the Golden Globe Awards in when he was years old The pair tied the knot in June in New Mexico when Ford was years old and Flockhart was years old When solicited how long he has been married Ford replied If you ask me I would say all my life Ford added that he got married the first time at years of age something he stated should be illegal He was married to his first wife Mary Marquardt from to and later was married to his second wife screenwriter Melissa Mathison from until their divorce was finalized in Martin pointed out that remarrying proved Ford was an optimist who never gave up on love I m just like everybody else Ford responded I love being in love Romantic love is one of the the greater part exciting and fulfilling kinds of love and I think there is a possible for it at any stage of your life he advised Hello magazine in June I was not surprised that I was able to fall in love and I wasn't surprised that I did After marrying Flockhart Ford adopted her son Liam who she adopted in Ford stated Reader's Digest in he respected her decision to adopt saying becoming a single parent is an awesome responsibility to take and one that he was happy to now have a part to play in LIKE WHAT YOU RE READING CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSFord also has four other children Benjamin and Willard with Marquardt and Malcolm and Georgia with Mathison She's brought a child back into my home Ford communicated the outlet at the time My youngest other than Liam is It's a wonderful opportunity to be part of a child's growing up which is reliably an endless springtime You see the blossoming and the growing and the nurturing and the payoff The couple have supported one another on numerous occasions often appearing together on red carpets for movie premieres or award shows Ford acknowledged Flockhart's assistance over the years when he accepted the Career Achievement Award at the Critics Choice Awards in January thanking his wife in his acceptance speech for supporting me when I need a lot of sponsorship adding And I need a lot of encouragement The two hope to work together in the future with Ford telling Us Weekly in February they just haven t been offered something where we d work together Ford received his first Emmy nomination this year for his supporting role in the comedy series Shrinking in which he plays a therapist alongside Jason Segel This is the best job I ve ever had he stated Us Weekly about the series I live half an hour away I go home and I sleep in my own bed I m in the same town as my wife and children and I m doing really smart intelligent storytelling with incredibly talented people CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERProximity to his home is something Ford is attracted to when picking a job telling Martin during the interview it was great to be traveling the world making big a-- movies but that he didn't find it fulfilling and even though he would be filming in all these fascinating places he would go straight home once the job was over What I really love is being able to work where I live not have to go away from home and my family friends he explained I like my family I like my house I like to be home and I can be home and have this great job