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Creating Relationships
RD: How about the kids?Travolta: Ella loved Edna. But she did not like Edna half-dressed. If I just had the [face, neck and cleavage] prosthetics on, and my short hair, Ella would say, "I like Edna a lot, but I don't like Flapper," which is what we called the prosthetic because it had a flap.
RD: Tell us about Ella.
Travolta: She's got the personality of a 30-year-old. The other day she said, "Daddy, what's your favorite book?" I said, "When I was little, I liked To Kill a Mockingbird." She said, "I mean today." I hesitated. She said, "It's OK, you don't have time to read." It was like, You're not well-read. I'll bail you out.
RD: How about Jett?
Travolta: As much as Ella loves show business, he loves the outdoors -- sports, swimming, bike riding, hiking. Ella is going to be in a movie with us this summer because that's her forte. It's a comedy called Old Dogs, with Robin Williams, me, Ella and Kelly.
RD: By Hollywood standards, your marriage to Kelly has been long-term. What's the secret?
Travolta: We're going on 16 years. We work at it. We update each other with our changes, needs and wants.
RD: What do you mean by "update"?
Travolta: Something can happen in your life, and you might want and need something different from your spouse. Most people forget that you have to create relationships. The allure of the first years settles down, and at that moment, you better start creating it; otherwise, you're going to lose out.
RD: You once said that part of what keeps your marriage intact is that you don't want to be single again.
Travolta: I do not want to be single.
RD: I heard you're trying to have another child soon?
Travolta: This summer, probably after we finish Old Dogs. Kelly and I like the idea of having a child around all the time. That's much more interesting to us than having our own time again. Having kids is something you can't always do. Kids are like lightning. You grab that lightning when you can get it. Plus, infants just make me so happy.
RD: Even when they wake you in the middle of the night?
Travolta: Oh, yeah. Kelly and I used to race to see who could get to Jett first.
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