--- title: Watch Emily Blunt Give Stephen Colbert Some Acting Tips description: 'The Girl on the Train' star Emily Blunt stopped by 'The Late Show' to give host Stephen Colbert some handy acting tips. canonical: https://time.com/4522686/emily-blunt-on-stephen-colbert/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-07T15:25:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:26.088Z og:title: Watch Emily Blunt Give Stephen Colbert Some Acting Tips og:description: Hilarity ensues og:url: https://time.com/4522686/emily-blunt-on-stephen-colbert/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Emily Blunt Give Stephen Colbert Some Acting Tips twitter:description: Hilarity ensues twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Stephen Colbert's Emotional Session With Acting Coach Emily Blunt  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 7, 2016 3:25 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 7, 2016 3:25 PM UTC [Emily Blunt’s](http://time.com/4473275/emily-blunt-girl-on-the-train-interview/) buzzy new film, [_The Girl on the Train_](http://time.com/4516743/girl-on-the-train-review/)_,_ is the kind of drama that sets hearts racing, but the actress revealed that life on set wasn’t always full of gravitas. During an appearance on [_The Late Show with Stephen Colbert_](http://time.com/4520955/stephen-colbert-mike-pence-debate/), Blunt shared that she and co-star Justin Theroux would often decompress by watching acting advice videos and even made a few of their own. The host then asked her to coach him on giving different feeling to his often used “Stick around, we’ve got a great show!” Blunt obliged, resulting in some truly emotional renditions. Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4522686/emily-blunt-on-stephen-colbert/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4522686/emily-blunt-on-stephen-colbert/"},"headline":"Watch Stephen Colbert's Emotional Session With Acting Coach Emily Blunt","datePublished":"2016-10-07T15:25:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:26.088Z","description":"Hilarity ensues","url":"https://time.com/4522686/emily-blunt-on-stephen-colbert/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Television","stephen colbert","celebrity","Culture","emily blunt"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4522686/emily-blunt-on-stephen-colbert/","name":"Watch Stephen Colbert's Emotional Session With Acting Coach Emily Blunt"}}]}] ```