Emily Blunt Reveals She's Taking Time Off From Acting
glamour.comEmily Blunt. The British actor, who you can see in on “ Day,” July 21, appeared on the to reveal that she's taking a break from acting in 2023. “This year, I’m not working," she said, per . “I worked quite a bit last year and my oldest baby is nine, so we’re in the last year of single digits.
And I just feel there are cornerstones to their day that are so important when they’re little." The actor is married to The Office star John Krasinski, and they have together: Hazel, nine, and Violet, six. “The [projects] that are time consuming, I think for me, are becoming fewer and further between because of the emotional cost on me, on the kids," she shared.
Blunt and Krasinski at the 2023 SAG AwardsBlunt explained that there is an “emotional cost” for herself and her children when she works on long and intense projects, and that she is “very prone to guilt.” “I think maybe all mothers are,” she said. “You’re just prone to feeling bad for, God forbid, wanting something outside of being a mother.
I am a huge advocate for it—I’m a huge advocate for women being ambitious. It’s just dreams with purpose, it’s not an ugly word,” she said.
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