The actress also explained the significance of a tattoo she and Shulman have to represent what they mean to one another

Anne Hathaway and Adam Shulman have a love for the ages.

The pair have been together for 15 years and married for 11. When asked on Friday’s episode of The Drew Barrymore Show what she thinks “keeps [them] speaking about each other in this way that’s so admiring and loving,” Hathaway said, “I think it’s a little bit the luck of the draw, but we’re really just lucky that we keep growing together.”

“But we have this thing — it’s actually a tattoo, and the idea is that individually, we’re whole, but together, we’re more,” added the Eileen actress, 41. “And so I think it’s just that thing about I don’t expect him to complete me and he doesn’t expect me to complete him.”

“I’m my own person he’s his own person and we choose to be together because we believe we make each other better and this union is something we both want to participate in,” she explained.

Adam Shulman and Anne Hathaway in Hollywood, California, on May 9, 2019.

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Host Drew Barrymore also joked about the “conspiracy theory” that actor and jewelry designer Shulman, 42, is actually William Shakespeare reincarnated, given that the late Shakespeare’s wife was also named Anne Hathaway.

“It’s weird, right? It would be great if it’s true, but if not, still kinda great,” Hathaway said.

The Oscar winner also recalled that her second date with Shulman was at a Halloween party held by of Barrymore, in which the Wedding Singer actress, 48, “dressed up as Tippi Hedren from The Birds,” Hathaway recalled.

“Which is an inspiration for my character in Eileen,” she added.

Anne Hathaway on The Drew Barrymore Show Dec. 1, 2023.

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Hathaway and Shulman got engaged in 2011 and tied the knot in September 2012 in Big Sur, California. They went on to welcome two sons: Jonathan, 7, and Jack, who was born in late 2019.

In October, the She Came to Me actress revealed on Late Night with Seth Meyers that she spent her 11th anniversary with Shulman indoors, thanks to the heavy rains in New York City at the time.

Despite the wet weather, she said they were still able to make the best of it with a cozy night in while watching a popular ABC show.

“We just kind of, like, re-pajamaed,” Hathaway recalled, noting that they ended up just cuddling and watching TV after getting “rained out” of their initial plans.

She continued, “You know I had a moment when I was curled up on his chest and we were watching hour three of Abbott Elementary and I was like, ‘I’m so happy.’ This is the right guy for me.”