Washington, July 5 -- Actor-comedian John Leguizamo recently opened up about the lessons he learned from his past.

In a recent interview with PEOPLE, the 64-year-old star spoke about how his first marriage helped him grow into a better man and husband. He was married to actress Yelba Zoe McCourt from 1994 to 1996, before marrying his current wife, Justine Maurer, in 2003.

According to PEOPLE, in the new season of his MSNBC docuseries, the actor joked to chef Melissa Araujo of Alma in New Orleans while discussing the gentle touch of shaping dough for Honduran baleadas: "If I had your advice, maybe my first marriage would've survived."

When asked by PEOPLE what he learned from his first marraige, Leguizamo said, "The starter marriage was...