Michael Douglas about his separation from Catherine Zeta-Jones: It is not necessarily the end

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Michael Douglas is optimistic that his marriage to Catherine Zeta-Jones will resist separation. The actor, 69, star of Last Vegas , was invited to the show The Tonight Show With Jay Leno  Monday, October 21, and he confided to her 12-year union with the Welsh actress 44 years.

"I've been away for a while, but I hope it will do that going to get better now," said Michael, who married actress Playing for Keeps in a lavish ceremony in November 2000."Sometimes people are separated for some time, but that does not necessarily mean that this is the end. I remain very optimistic." (This weekend, the Hollywood actor also told E! News that he was "very good" and that things "advancing at a good pace" with Zeta-Jones.)

Michael added that their children Dylan , 13 and Carys , 10, were "good". Moreover, the son has already decided that he would follow in the footsteps of his famous father.

"Dylan did not see the point of doing something else, because he wants to become an actor," said the star of My Life with Liberace . "He was with me the other day and he said," Look, Dad, I was class president in sixth, fifth I'm fourth now, and I'm representative of the whole school ... That's two. consecutive years I have the honor table ... Dad, you saw me inOliver Twist I played Fox "... He made ​​me..?" Dad, if you give me a hand " So I said, "Okay, we'll fix it. '"