Emily Blunt recently opened up about the challenges she experienced growing up. In her latest interview with Marie Claire, the actress discussed the impact her speech impediment has had on her life since a young age. She shared an anecdote on how acting in grade school helped her normalise her stutter and not let it get the best of her or hold her back from new experiences. She tells the publication that when she was 12-years-old, a teacher once encouraged her to act in the school play despite her insecurities about her stutter, "And that was very liberating for me as a kid. Suddenly, I had fluency." Blunt also spoke about the misconceptions and lack of information surrounding the speech impediment, "Stutters don't feel misunderstood. It's not psychological. It's not that you're nervous and it's not that you're insecure. It's neurological, it's genetic and it's not your fault." The Edge of Tomorrow actress also shared that overcoming her stutter has made her and her children more empathetic people, citing that she encourages her children to be kind to everyone they come across no matter what.