No matter how much you ship The Office's Jim and Pam [1], no relationship is quite as special as the one John Krasinski [2] shares with his real-life wife Emily Blunt [3]. Mary Poppins Returns actress Emily first met John in 2008 while having dinner with a friend in an LA restaurant, as the friend knew John and insisted on introducing the two. Just 10 months later, the couple was engaged, and they've since welcomed two kids — Violet and Hazel [4] — and produced two major movies together [5]. Even after nearly a decade of marriage, these two seem to fall more in love every day, and their sweetest quotes about each other prove it.
John on Emily
- On why he thinks Emily is out of his league [7]: "I'll be really honest with you, I was never the coolest kid on the block, so I never had the 'good ol' days' of a playboy type of lifestyle . . . So for me, the best days of my life started when I met my wife — that's the truth, it's not just me saying it because it sounds nice on a card. She's one of the coolest people, she's so talented, she's beautiful, and she's certainly out of my league. And so all of a sudden all of the things I loved, I got to find someone who loved that about me."
- On how wowed he is by Emily's talent [8]: "The air changes in the room when she starts doing what she does. It's so honest and so pure and so powerful. It's like a superpower that she can just unlock and do so specifically with not many attempts. For me, I love acting, and I'm so lucky to be doing it. But she's on another plane."
- On why he was actually nervous about asking Emily to be in A Quiet Place [9]: "I've been next to her when she's made all these amazing decisions and she's without a doubt the classiest, smartest, most dedicated actress I've ever known. And when you see how much she puts into every role, I didn't want her to come to set just for me."
John on Emily
- On how The Quiet Place brought them closer together [10]: "It without a doubt made our marriage stronger. I think we were both surprised by that. Not that I thought it would get worse but we were much more in love after the movie. We leaned on each other in a way we never had."
- On how he cried while watching Emily in Mary Poppins Returns [11]: " . . . 25 minutes into the movie, I stood up and went to the back of the room, and Emily said, 'Do you not like it? I've never seen this happen.' And I was pushing through all the muffins and bagels that were in the back looking for napkins. I was like, 'I need anything to stop this crying!' I was crying so much. I blew through the tissue box in 20 minutes, had to go to the napkins, and when I ran out of napkins, it's just all sweater."
- On the secret to their successful marriage [12]: "I gotta say it just sort of happens organically. It's one of those things where I was a huge fan of hers before I even met her, so I continue to be a huge fan of hers in everything she does. So we're just extremely supportive, we get what the job is and that you gotta travel and do some stuff, but it's always about coming back home and being together. It's the most important thing."
John on Emily
- On how Emily has influenced his career trajectory [13]: "I honestly feel I wouldn't have this career if I hadn't met her, because she's taught me so much about how to go about the business. She's been my secret ingredient."
- On the moment he knew he wanted to marry Emily [14]: "I mean, I don't know who meets Emily Blunt [15] and doesn't hope that you get to become her husband. So, that was pretty immediate for me . . . It's a big commitment and it's hard to look at these different people through that lens, because it's an intense lens to put anybody under. But Emily, through any lens, is someone that you just pinch yourself that you even get to be around her, let alone married to her."
- On how he never stops feeling lucky to have Emily [16]: "I wake up every morning with a smile on my face, waiting for the next amazing moment that she'll have with the kids . . . I'm living a lottery ticket life. My wife is my hero in every single way. Truly, every single day I'm blown away by her, so I'm always looking to her for inspiration."
Emily on John
- On the impact John has had on her life [17]: "Meeting John really changed my life. When I feel the support that I have from him, I feel invincible. There's someone behind you on your good days and someone in front of you on your bad days."
- On how grateful she was to have worked alongside John in A Quiet Place [18]: "I'm going to share this completely with my husband John Krasinski [19] because the entire experience of doing this with you has completely pierced my heart directly. You are a stunning filmmaker and I'm so lucky to be with you and to have done this film with you. Thank you for giving me the part. You would have been in major trouble if you hadn't though, you didn't really have an option."
- On her favourite movie that John has starred in [20]: "I love him in A Quiet Place, I think he's really stunning in it, but I loved him in Away We Go. I think he was just awesome in it. I loved his big shaggy beard and the hair and he was so authentic and funny. I think that's one of my favourites that he's done."
Emily on John
- On why it's impossible to sum up their relationship [21]: "This is what I find difficult about talking about my marriage: it's hard to sum up something that's so vital and means everything to you in a sound bite. Do you know what I mean? All I can say is that it's an effing blast. It's just great, and I'm so happy."
- On why she doesn't like to discuss their first date [22]: "It's so precious, I don't want to talk about it."
- On how meeting John was love at first sight [23]: "We were discussing how much I was enjoying being single. And then [my friend] goes, 'Oh, my god, there's my friend John.' And that was it. We were engaged within 10 months, but I think we probably knew before that."