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Billy Crystal Shares the Secret to His 54-Year Marriage to Wife Janice: “Just enjoy all the time that you have together. Through the thin and the thinner."

Billy Crystal exclusively tells PEOPLE how he and his wife, Janice Crystal, have stayed married for 54 years. At the premiere of his new show, 'Before,' the actor explains they have maintained "respect, humor [and] honesty" throughout their marriage.

"When I first became a dad back in [1973], Janice was working, and I was starting my career as a stand-up at night. Ahead of their 50 year anniversary in 2020, he also told The Sydney Morning Herald that he's strived to replicate his parents’ relationship. Crystal plays Eli, a child psychiatrist who just lost his wife Lynn ( Judith Light), and finds himself bonded to a troubled young boy, Noah (Jacobi Jupe).

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