John Krasinski Jokes That He Was Emily Blunt's "Stalker" Before They Married

John: Probably my relationship with the mother [played by Margo Martindale]. My mom [in real life] is such a strong, amazing woman as well, and I’m lucky to have a family that is patriarchal and matriarchal at the same time, that they split duties. I really related to how much my mother did for us—I’m from a family of three boys.

Glamour: A year ago, I interviewed you and your wife, and I asked you to tell me who's the most kick-ass female character in movies today. Before you answered, you said, "Good question! I really like that." I was struck by that, because you were the first actor that actually said, "I love that kind of question." Since you are now the only guy in a house full of girls, what would you want your daughters to know when they grow up, whether they go into this business or not?

John: Wow. Again, great question. I think what I hope they understand is—whether the gap between the sexes has closed and hopefully exponentially by the time they are getting jobs [it has]—in my eyes and in their eyes, they should be [treated] the exact same. That is all that matters. In my eyes, they’ll always have the potential to do anything that they absolutely want, and I want to make sure that translates to them. So, yes, the discussions about the bigger issues are so important, but for them…it shouldn’t matter at all because I’ll support them in whatever they want to do.

Glamour: Would you like to see them go into this business or do you hope they find something else they want to do?

John: It’s interesting. Obviously, there’s this part of me that says this business can be so hard that I hope they find another business. And then I have to be honest with myself and say how much I love it. It would be weird for them to see how much I love my work and then to hear that I don’t want them to have that same level of happiness, if that’s what they want to do. For me, I truly mean when I say that I support them wholeheartedly. I just want them to understand what they’re getting into. They have every right to be in this business, but they just need to know how difficult it is and how hard you have to work, rather than anything being given to you.

Glamour: Switching gears to Emily, I've always wanted to know: How many times have you seen The Devil Wears Prada?

John: Like 75! [Laughs] It’s bizarre. Before I met Emily, I had seen that movie—because it’s on TV all the time—so it’s one of the only movies that if you’re channel surfing and you land on that, you have to watch the rest of it. Embarrassingly, I think we had only been dating a couple weeks, and she stopped by...and I didn’t know she was stopping by, so when she opened [the door and came in], I quickly flipped the channel. I’m sure she thought I was watching something completely inappropriate, and I actually chose to let her believe that than know that I had been watching The Devil Wears Prada. And then later in our relationship, she asked if I had seen The Devil Wears Prada and I said, "Yes," and she said, "How many times?" And I said, "A lot." She said, "What’s a lot?" And I said, "75 times." [Laughs] I’m lucky enough that she stayed with me and didn’t realize that she had really married her stalker!