Actress Elsa Pataky reveals the simple secret to her happy marriage with Chris Hemsworth – and why the Byron Bay based family will ‘never live in a city again’

Elsa Pataky has revealed that she and Chris Hemsworth have a very simple trick for keeping their marriage happy and healthy – laughter.

Speaking to Hola! magazine, the 45-year-old says that the Thor actor, 37, has a knack for diffusing any argument with a joke.

‘We enjoy doing the same stuff and Chris has a great sense of humour and knows how to take the sting out of things,’ she said.

Fun pair: Elsa Pataky has revealed that she and Chris Hemsworth have a very simple trick for keeping their marriage happy and healthy – laughter. Both pictured

‘He always makes me and the kids laugh or when I’m angry, he tells a joke to lighten the mood. Humour counts for a lot. More than anything, I enjoy laughing with him.’

The pair were married in 2010, and have three children – daughter India, nine , and twin sons, Tristan and Sasha, seven.

The Spanish actress goes on to say that the family’s recent move to Sydney for work, away from their coastal hideaway in Bryon Bay, NSW, wasn’t a happy one.

Laughs: Speaking to Hola! magazine , the 45-year-old says that the Thor actor, 37, has a knack for diffusing any argument with a joke. ‘We enjoy doing the same stuff and Chris has a great sense of humour and knows how to take the sting out of things,’ she said

‘I definitely couldn’t live in [a city] again. It’s not for me,’ she said, adding that ‘all the traffic’ was hard for the children to get used to.

‘The children were longing to revert back to being barefoot savages. This is where we belong, where my children have grown up,’ she said.

Elsa went on to say that India likes riding ponies and showjumping, and the boys love surfing with their father.

Elsa added: ‘He always makes me and the kids laugh or when I’m angry, he tells a joke to lighten the mood. Humour counts for a lot. More than anything, I enjoy laughing with him’

The actress recently told The Sydney Morning Herald that there are downsides to moving from the laid-back seaside enclave of Byron Bay to the big smoke.

She said: ‘It’s a whole new experience… I can’t dress down as much as I do in Byron Bay – we hope to get back there on the weekends.’

Elsa added that the couple’s three children will be schooled in the city for the time being.

Country folk: The Spanish actress goes on to say that the family’s recent move to Sydney for work, away from their coastal hideaway in Bryon Bay, NSW, wasn’t a happy one

The actress went on to say that living in Australia has been the right decision for the previously LA-based family.

‘Byron has been beautiful. We made the right decision in 2014 to leave LA and come to Australia – it’s been great for the kids to be in nature, enjoy animals and go horse riding,’ she said.

Luckily the move to Sydney is only temporary, while the pair work on their separate projects in Sydney.

Away: ‘I definitely couldn’t live in [a city] again. It’s not for me,’ Elsa said, adding that ‘all the traffic’ was hard for the children to get used to