Richard Gere and his family are thriving in Spain after leaving US

Richard Gere and his household person a new beingness successful Spain. 

Last year, the "Pretty Woman" actor, his wife, Alejandra Silva, and their children relocated to her autochthonal state and Gere says they’ve ne'er been happier.  

"The information is that you are seeing america successful our momentum," the 75-year-old told Elle España of their move. "We are happier than ever. She, due to the fact that she is location and I because, if she is happy, I americium happy." 

Silva, 41, calls her and her hubby "soulmates."

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Richard Gere and wife, Alejandra Silva, joined successful 2018. (Elle España)

"The information is that you are seeing america successful our momentum. We are happier than ever. She, due to the fact that she is location and I because, if she is happy, I americium happy." 

The brace met 11 years agone erstwhile they were some going done divorces.

"We are similar soulmates," Silva told Elle España. "We person the aforesaid values, we spot the satellite successful the aforesaid mode and from the archetypal infinitesimal we felt that we had known each different for a agelong time." 

At the moment, they're moving connected the Sierra a Mar project, an situation and sustainability inaugural on the seashore of the Mexican authorities of Jalisco. 

"When you springiness opportunities to the community, they rediscover themselves. They alteration and prosper," Silva said of the project. 

Gere and Silva are connected the screen of Elle España's February issue. (Elle España)

Richard Gere and woman Alejandra Silva astatine their caller location successful the northbound of Madrid successful December. (MEGA/GC Images)

Gere added, "Our intent is to instrumentality attraction of the environment, from the mountains to the sea, reconstruct the ecosystem and the oceans. True sustainability is not measured lone successful the environment, successful what surrounds us, but successful the lives of the radical who inhabit it." 

The "Runaway Bride" prima couldn't assistance but rave astir his wife, with whom helium shares 2 sons and a 3rd lad from her erstwhile marriage. 

He besides has a 24-year-old lad from his 2nd matrimony to Carey Lowell. 

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Gere and Silva moved to Spain past twelvemonth with their children. (Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)

"My woman has a glow astir her [an] openness and her genuine consciousness of graciousness of gratitude, of generosity," Gere said. 

Silva said they are some activists astatine heart. 

"One of the things that unites america the astir and what made america autumn profoundly successful emotion was our activistic heart," she said. "Being an activistic leads you to infuse your values into the satellite to amended it. It's astir giving a dependable to radical who don't person 1 and raising awareness. It has a precise heavy meaning, and we indispensable worth wherever to enactment our energy, nary substance however small it whitethorn be." 

The 2 are besides progressive successful foundation enactment person to location successful Spain, which Silva noted is 1 of the reasons they moved to Madrid, "to beryllium portion of the committee of the NGO Hogar Sí."

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"We privation to assistance this state to extremity homelessness. Our extremity is that, wrong 5 years, nary 1 sleeps connected the street," she explained.

Gere and Silva are passionate astir each other, their activism and their caller location successful Madrid. (Michael Loccisano/WireImage)

Gere archetypal talked astir their imminent determination to Spain past spring. 

"For me, going to Madrid is going to beryllium a large escapade due to the fact that I person ne'er lived afloat clip extracurricular the United States," the 75-year-old told Vanity Fair Spain. "And I deliberation it volition besides beryllium precise absorbing for my children. For Alejandra, it volition beryllium fantastic to beryllium person to her family, her lifelong friends and her culture. She was precise generous successful giving maine six years surviving successful my world, truthful I deliberation it's just that I springiness her astatine slightest six others surviving successful hers. In immoderate case, I emotion Spain and I deliberation your manner is fabulous. Also, your quality to live, transmitting joyousness and happiness. It is simply a beauteous place, the nutrient is bonzer and radical exude sensitivity and generosity, arsenic good arsenic a beardown volition to laughter and enjoy. So I'm looking guardant to going there."

He told Fox News Digital successful November that helium had lived successful New York City since his aboriginal 20s. 

Gere told Fox News Digital successful November that helium has lived successful New York since his 20s, but was looking guardant to surviving successful Spain. (Elle España)

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"New York gets successful your blood. It's precise hard to region that. It infects your DNA. But I emotion Spain too. I emotion Madrid. And it's clip for my woman to beryllium astir her household and friends and culture," helium said. "And bully for our kids. I deliberation it's large to beryllium surviving – not conscionable visiting – but surviving successful different culture." 

Gere told Jimmy Fallon in November that helium thought his kids would "flourish" successful the country. 

"My kids are bilingual, truthful they're going to flourish there," helium said connected "The Tonight Show."

He said they would beryllium spending Thanksgiving successful Spain and aboriginal that period Silva shared a photograph connected Instagram of their sons Alexander, 5, and James, 4, decorating their Christmas tree, with the caption, "this twelvemonth finally, Christmas successful Spain!"

"My wife, she grew up successful a precise large Spanish family," Gere told Fallon. "And her grandma was benignant of the glue that held each of that together. And the grandma passed away. It was astir a twelvemonth and a fractional ago, 2 years ago. So, my wife, I tin spot her morphing into the caller grandma of this extended family. So, she's already readying for 35 radical for Sunday lunches."