United Kingdom, Nov. 3 -- Richard Gere and his wife Alejandra Silva draw on Buddhism to help them find solutions to family problems.

The 76-year-old actor - who converted to Buddhism in 1978, and 42-year-old publicist Alejandra started practising the religion and philosophy when her relationship with Richard began in 2014 - said it brings peace and calmness.

The Pretty Woman star - who has sons Alexander, six, and James, five, with Alejandra - explained in the new issue of Britain's HELLO! magazine: "Well, interesting you should bring that up because we were just having a drama about one of our kids.

"[Alejandra] is always really good with [saying]: 'OK, I know I want to strangle you right now, but I'm going to take a deep breath, and ...