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CelebNews@Usmagazine.com! - Catherine Zeta-Jones' Ultimatum to Michael Douglas

Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones has been winning audiences over since her sexy role in 1998's The Mask of Zorro. Now a married mom of two, Zeta-Jones talked to Parade about balancing her career with family, and the one thing that could have ended her relationship with actor Michael Douglas. Read excerpts below:

On the importance having children had in her early relationship with Douglas:
"...There was one thing I had to be sure of. I turned to [Douglas] and said, 'Do you really want children?' And I thought, for one minute, he was going to say, 'I already have a son, Cameron, and I would have to say goodbye. I remember saying defiantly, 'I cannot live without having children.' And he went, 'Me too.'"

On why she's not a screamer:
"Michael and I have been married seven years. I've known him nine years. We've never screamed at each other. We disagree, yeah, but we never shout...I did the screaming thing before. It doesn't work. I've realized hat you can actually say what you need to say. People can tell from the tone of my voice. And my kids know when I raise my finger or do 'the eyes' that I mean it."

On not living in Hollywood:
"I've been told that it's not good for business, but at the end of the day, I'd sacrifice career so my children can go to school without the paparazzi pestering them."

On how her career has changed:
"When I first came to the States, it was like I'd do anything. I had not a ruthless but a nice kind of ambition....At this point in my life, I actually have a life. If I'm going to do a film, it's got to mean something to my heart."

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