‘The Odyssey’ actor John Leguizamo says his wife helps keep his ego in check

John Leguizamo said his woman makes judge the glitz of his Hollywood profession doesn't spell to his head.

Speaking connected the "Wild Card pinch Rachel Martin" podcast, Leguizamo reflected connected much than 2 decades of matrimony and the domiciled his woman plays successful supporting some his individual and imaginative life.

"My woman is my civilized compass," Leguizamo said.

Leguizamo met his wife, Justine Maurer, while moving connected the crime play "Carlito's Way," successful which he played an up-and-coming gangster, and she worked successful the costume department.

"We dated, and past we sewage married. We had kids, but she's ever been benignant of the northbound star, keeping our location together, keeping maine together," he said.

"The Odyssey" character said his woman understands that he needs definite freedoms and routines to create and write, and gives him the abstraction to beryllium the creator he wants to be.

However, her support besides comes pinch plentifulness of honesty.

"She'll telephone maine out, group maine straight, put maine successful my place. She'll do each of that, which is great. Humbling," Leguizamo said.

He said that moreover aft attending a premiere pinch Matt Damon aliases going to a awesome sporting event, Maurer makes judge he doesn't get excessively caught up successful the glamour.

"Go return retired the garbage. You're a large deal, yeah, yeah, yeah. Go cleanable the feline litter," Leguizamo said.

This isn't the first clip Leguizamo has spoken astir his narration pinch his wife.

In a 2011 interview pinch AARP, he said his woman brought retired the champion successful him.

"Being an actor, particularly astatine first, tends to make you incredibly narcissistic. My wife… was my savior. I've achieved my champion creator levels, and it's each because of her," Leguizamo said.

In 2024, he told People that Maurer had fixed him a consciousness of stableness amid the demands of his Hollywood career.

"I wanted peace. I wanted to person an oasis. And Justine gave maine each of that," he said.

Other celebrities person besides spoken astir really their spouses person supported their careers.

In August 2025, Michelle Yeoh said her husband, Jean Todt, has ever fixed her the state to prosecute her career.

"I americium truthful blessed because he's truthful supportive of what I do. I emotion my work. This is my passion. He ne'er turns astir and says, 'You walk a batch of clip distant from me,' which I person sometimes, but he's very understanding," she said.

In November, Ina Garten said her decadeslong matrimony to her husband, Jeffrey, useful because they make room for some of their priorities.

"And this is what Jeffrey taught me: Let's fig retired really we tin some do what we want to do. It's not astir whether we get to do what you want to do aliases I want to do," Garten said.