"My first thought of you was, 'Well, this is the most ridiculous creature I've ever met,'" Steenburgen told Danson of her initial impression.

"To both of us, it's like heaven on Earth," Danson tells PEOPLE of his morning routine with his wife of nearly 30 years

Ted Danson expressed how grateful he is for meeting his wife Mary Steenburgen in his 40s. In an exclusive interview with People, The Good Place alum claimed that the couple never would have

Ted Danson "wasn't fully emotionally baked" before he met his wife. The 76-year-old actor married actress Mary Steenburgen, 71, in 1995 - two years after they struck up a relationship on the set of 'Pontiac Moon' - but insisted that things would not have developed properly had they met any earlier.

Just a year before meeting Steenburgen, Danson tells PEOPLE he had committed himself to being a better man: "I worked very hard at it or I don't think Mary Steenburgen would've even seen me"