Richard Gere "instantly" fell in love with his wife Alejandra Silva

Asked if he fell in love at first sight, he said: "Instant from my side. I instantly became happy just looking at her. It was one of those powerful things.

And pressed on if he's felt the same connection in the past, he said: "Yes, I've been married three times, but it didn't happen with the kind of power of this one. But I do remember the first time I met each of my wives."

Though the 'Pretty Woman' star's previous two marriages ended in divorce, Richard doesn't hold any ill feeling towards either of his ex-wives.

He simply said: "I'm very lucky."

The 'Arbitrage' actor and his wife are about to welcome a child into the world, but Richard has no worries about being an older father.

Asked if it was something that concerned him, he told the Sunday Times magazine: "Not at all. No."

The couple have kept very tight-lipped on whether they are expecting a son or daughter.

Richard said: "Nobody knows because we haven't told anybody."

The 'Officer and a Gentleman' actor is full of praise for his "sensitive and sweet" son Homer, who he claimed is already "better" than him.

He said: "He's very sweet, very sensitive, very smart. He's smarter than me, stronger than me, faster than me, taller than me, better than me. He's great. I love him."