(CNN) — Emily Blunt revealed that she will be taking a break from acting this year to spend more time with her family.
The British actress, who is married and shares two daughters with fellow actor John Krasinski, made the comments during an appearance on the “Table for Two” podcast, released Monday.
Asked by podcast host Bruce Bozzi how she balances her career with being a mother, Blunt said: “Not always well. It’s one of those things where people ask me, ‘How do you balance it? I never feel like I’m doing well. But this year I’m not working”.
Since the birth of Blunt and Krasinski’s two daughters, Hazel and Violet in 2014 and 2016 respectively, the British actress has worked on projects such as “A Quiet Place” and “A Quiet Place Part II”, “Mary Poppins Returns” and the 2022 television miniseries “The English.”
He has several upcoming projects, including “Oppenheimer,” which will be released on July 21, the same day as the “Barbie” movie.
Emily Blunt celebrated her 13th wedding anniversary Monday with her “A Quiet Place” co-star John Krasinski. The couple have two daughters.
“I’ve worked quite a bit last year and my oldest son is nine, like we’re in the final year of single digits, and I feel like there are cornerstones in their day that are so important when they’re little,” Blunt added.
“And it’s: ‘Are you going to wake me up?’, ‘Are you going to take me to school?’, ‘Are you going to pick me up?’, ‘Are you going to put me to bed?’ And I need to be there for all of them. For a long time. And I felt it in my bones,” he continued.
Blunt, who has spoken publicly in recent years about how acting helped him overcome his stutter, said he had a “great time” on his projects last year, but admitted: “Some were more intense than others. Some were harder than others. Some took me longer than others, and I think the ones that take longer are becoming rarer because of the emotional toll they take on me, the kids, and everyone else.”
She also described the “guilt” she and other mothers tend to feel “about, God forbid, wanting something more than being a mother,” adding: “I want my kids to grow up and find something they love to do.”
The 40-year-old actress, who used to live on the same block as Jimmy Kimmel and his wife, Molly McNearney, in Los Angeles, revealed that she now lives in the same building as her Oppenheimer co-star Matt Damon and his wife, Luciana Barroso. , In New York. “I never see Matt Damon without sneakers anymore,” she said.
“Matt is a beautiful person. Lucy is even prettier, sorry Matt,” he added.
(CNN) — Emily Blunt revealed that she will be taking a break from acting this year to spend more time with her family.
The British actress, who is married and shares two daughters with fellow actor John Krasinski, made the comments during an appearance on the “Table for Two” podcast, released Monday.
Asked by podcast host Bruce Bozzi how she balances her career with being a mother, Blunt said: “Not always well. It’s one of those things where people ask me, ‘How do you balance it? I never feel like I’m doing well. But this year I’m not working”.
Since the birth of Blunt and Krasinski’s two daughters, Hazel and Violet in 2014 and 2016 respectively, the British actress has worked on projects such as “A Quiet Place” and “A Quiet Place Part II”, “Mary Poppins Returns” and the 2022 television miniseries “The English.”
He has several upcoming projects, including “Oppenheimer,” which will be released on July 21, the same day as the “Barbie” movie.
Emily Blunt celebrated her 13th wedding anniversary Monday with her “A Quiet Place” co-star John Krasinski. The couple have two daughters.
“I’ve worked quite a bit last year and my oldest son is nine, like we’re in the final year of single digits, and I feel like there are cornerstones in their day that are so important when they’re little,” Blunt added.
“And it’s: ‘Are you going to wake me up?’, ‘Are you going to take me to school?’, ‘Are you going to pick me up?’, ‘Are you going to put me to bed?’ And I need to be there for all of them. For a long time. And I felt it in my bones,” he continued.
Blunt, who has spoken publicly in recent years about how acting helped him overcome his stutter, said he had a “great time” on his projects last year, but admitted: “Some were more intense than others. Some were harder than others. Some took me longer than others, and I think the ones that take longer are becoming rarer because of the emotional toll they take on me, the kids, and everyone else.”
She also described the “guilt” she and other mothers tend to feel “about, God forbid, wanting something more than being a mother,” adding: “I want my kids to grow up and find something they love to do.”
The 40-year-old actress, who used to live on the same block as Jimmy Kimmel and his wife, Molly McNearney, in Los Angeles, revealed that she now lives in the same building as her Oppenheimer co-star Matt Damon and his wife, Luciana Barroso. , In New York. “I never see Matt Damon without sneakers anymore,” she said.
“Matt is a beautiful person. Lucy is even prettier, sorry Matt,” he added.
