Emily Blunt Opens Up About Perceptions of Her as a Mother & Defends Her Choice to Work

Emily Blunt is opening up about Hollywood.

The 39-year-old The English actress spoke out in an interview with Porter about her latest project, as well as gender disparities and her personal life.

During the conversation, she spoke candidly about the industry landscape and the differences between men and women when it comes to getting jobs in Hollywood.

On the industry landscape: “We are still having to remind people to not hold women to a certain ideal.”

On gender disparities within her field and beyond: “I talk about this at great lengths with my girlfriends, with my husband, with all my friends… It is interesting that women are still made to feel defensive of their choices to work, and men are not. And you just normalize it… but I find myself overexplaining or compensating to appear like, ‘I can still do everything and I’m still available’. It’s that awareness of perception, maybe.”

On perception: “I don’t care about perception when it comes to business. So why do I care about it when it comes to being a mum?”

On her hopes for her daughters: “I want them to grow up wanting something, feeling passionate about something, and being proud of who they are. And I think a lot of that is just finding something you love to do… I didn’t grow up with a burning ambition to be an actress at all, it just revealed itself to me – and I think that’s wonderful when it happens like that.”

For more from Emily Blunt, head to net-a-porter.com.