United Kingdom, Dec. 31 -- Sterling K. Brown believes marriage requires "constant rededication".

The Paradise actor wed Ryan Michelle Bathe - the mother of his sons Andrew, 14, and 10-year-old Amare - in 2006 and he thinks it is important to be "transparent" about the challenges in their relationship to show things aren't always as "polished" as they seem.

Discussing their pact to be truthful on their podcast We Don't Always Agree, Sterling told Red magazine: "Anytime she gets to disagree with me in public, she gets very excited.

"I think that transparency has had real resonance because marriage is its own challenge, right?

"And I think often when people see Ryan and they've seen us on the red carpet, or they've seen us in interviews,...