Emily Blunt
Emily Blunt
Emily Olivia Leah Blunt is an English actress. She made her professional debut in The Royal Family, for which she was named Best Newcomer by Evening Standard. Her screen debut came with the 2003 television film Boudica, and her performance in the 2004 drama film My Summer of Love, gained her the Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer. Her performance in the television film Gideon's Daughtergained her a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series,...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth23 February 1983
CityLondon, England
I think for me the job always has to be the right thing at the right time.
You shouldn't strategize your career if you're in a creative realm. You can't either. I love the unknown. I love the element of surprise. I've always felt really inspired by it. I love the spontaneity of the job. I think you can't really fight against it.
People quit on jobs. They quit on marriages. They quit on school. There's an immediacy of this day and age that doesn't lend itself to being committed to anything.
I think a lot of people want to, at some point in their life, be someone else, run away and escape, in some way. We [actors] do get to do it. We have a job that allows for that. We have an outlet for it.
I do try hard to pick roles that differ. I love that about the job. I think the variety that's out there is to be taken advantage of and I enjoy that element of shape shifting with everything.
I'm Sudafed-ed up, but it's alright because I'm having to do this rather sultry scene, so maybe it's OK that my voice is three octaves lower.
So I don't really have much rivalry, or if there is any, I don't really know anything about it. Because, you know, I'm not around girls like that. The friends I have in the business, I'm always really happy for them. I think we're always happy for each other. That sounds crap, but it's true.
It's always a little mind-boggling to realize that these famous actors know who I am.
I've got guns now. It's kind of gross.
The performances I enjoy are the ones that are hard to read or ambiguous or left-of-centre because it makes you look closer and that's what humans are like - quite mysterious creatures, hard to pinpoint.
The business is all about gush and hype. You never have a bad meeting in L.A.
It's very hard to play the straight lead girl and still make her sparkly and fun and real.
Give us a break! I've hardly done anything but independent films.
After this interview, I'm going to immigration to try to sort out my Green Card, just like any other normal person.