“She totally got my sense of humor,” he previously toldEllein 2012.

She loved it," Ferrell said.

However, Paulin isn’t afraid to make him work for the laughs.

Will Ferrell and Viveca Paulin posing

You still got it,'“the “Elf” starsaid in the People interview.

While they started dating shortly after, they didn’t get serious until a few years later.

They married in 2000, but not after an unintentionally humorous proposal.

Will Ferrell and his family at the Barbie premiere

“I took her to this beach where we had had one of our first dates.

She wanted none of it.

She was like, ‘The beach is creepy at night.’

“So it was kind of funny, but not on purpose.”