Emily Blunt said she doesn’t want her kids to follow in her footsteps as actors, calling Hollywood a “hard industry” that can be “very disappointing.”
The 40-year-old actress — who shares two kids with actor John Krasinski — said the entertainment industry is one where a person can be judged on their appearance alone, which is not something she would want her daughters to have to deal with.
“My toes curl when people tell me, ‘My daughter wants to be an actress,’” Blunt told Harper’s Bazaar U.K. magazine. “I want to say, ‘don’t do it.’”
“Because it’s a hard industry and it can be very disappointing,” she added. “A lot of people tell you not to take things personally — but it’s completely personal, especially when you’re being judged on how you look. So you just have to endure that side of things.”
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The actress said what’s exciting for her children isn’t seeing her face on a movie billboard, but when she can pick them up at school.
“When I see myself up on a billboard, I have this complete dissociation with it… I’m like, who’s that?” Blunt continued. “And I can see my children doing the same — they might say, oh, there’s mama, but it’s not exciting for them. What’s exciting for them is when I can pick them up from school and take them swimming.”
“Because even though they’re hardy, and they’re used to this strange life, it’s still rough on them when I have to go away,” she added.
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“The Devil Wears Prada” star recently finished filming several projects and said she has decided to take the rest of the year off to spend more time with her kids.
“There are cornerstones of the girls’ day that I don’t want to compromise on — like, will you wake me up, take me to school, pick me up and put me to bed?” Blunt said. “And I just want to be able to say, yes, yes, yes. It’s such an exhale for me to be able to do that.”
The “Edge of Tomorrow” star and Krasinski tied the knot in 2010 and share daughters Hazel, 8, and Violet, 6.