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The film producer noted that their break was a  mutual  decision and that they had  problems  but never lost the love for one another.

Douglas and Zeta-Jones tied the knot on Nov. 18, 2000, the same year he finalized his divorce from his first wife, Diandra Luker.

The couple shares two children, Dylan, 26, and daughter Carys, 23, who are both actors.

In his new novel, Douglas recalled becoming infatuated with his now-wife after seeing an early screening of her 1998 movie  The Mask of Zorro. 

6 Douglas first had his eyes set on the actress after seeing her in the 1998 movie  The Mask of Zorro  (seen above). Two years later they were married.  Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection

6 The longtime couple share two kids, Dylan and Carys (both pictured here). michaelkirkdouglas/Instagram

A few weeks later, he was at the Deauville American Film Festival in France promoting his movie  A Perfect Murder,  and Zeta-Jones also happened to be attending. He asked his publicist to arrange a meeting over drinks.

 She was smart, funny, unpretentious, and, yes, breathtakingly beautiful. She just seemed so confident and self-assured, too,  Douglas wrote in the book.

Also in the tell-all, the Oscar winner dished on his romances with several actresses before meeting Zeta-Jones, including Kathleen Turner and Jeanne Tripplehorn.