Anne Hathaway says her marriage has been the "greatest spiritual journey".
The 31-year-old actress thought her nuptials to her jewellery designer husband Adam Shulman in September 2012 was a "great party" but she didn’t expect her heart to have such a "radical shift" that came with being married.
She said: "Marriage isn’t for everyone but for me it has been the greatest spiritual journey I’ve been on.
"When we got married I thought it was a great party, but I honestly thought we were doing it more for tradition and I wasn’t prepared for the radical shift that my heart was going to have."
Perhaps hinting at her former relationship with her ex-boyfriend Raffaello Follieri – who she dated for four years before splitting from the real estate developer in 2008 when he was jailed for fraud – Anne admitted she tries to laugh when faced with adversity.
She added to the Daily Mirror newspaper: "I got through my pain the way I always deal with unpleasant things and that’s to make a joke of it."
But the ‘Interstellar’ star has remained philosophical when it comes to her future.
She added: "No matter what your dreams are, you’re always surprised by whatever life hands you. There’s a great quote that I love which says, ‘Regardless of desire, life hands you who you are.’ I wish I knew who said that. It was a really cool person."
Anne Hathaway: Marriage is ‘greatest spiritual journey’
