Emilia Clarke Quotes & Sayings

“I long for the countryside. That's where I get my calm and tranquillity - from being able to come and find a spot of green.”

“I think as a woman it's in our nature to nurture someone else. Sometimes at the expense of ourselves.”

“There are no captions on red-carpet photos that say, 'This girl trained for two weeks, she went on a juice diet, she has a professional hair and makeup person, and this dress was made for her.' I just wish they'd say, 'It ain't the truth.'”

“My father always said, 'Never trust anyone whose TV is bigger than their book shelf' - so I make sure I read.”

“A young Brit girl with no theatre experience decided to take on an iconic American role on Broadway. Maybe I should have thought that through?”

“After my last audition for 'Game of Thrones,' they said, 'Congratulations, princess.' I was like, 'Bye-bye, call centre.'”

“Drama school is fundamentally practical. I didn't write any essays, so I came out with a BA honors degree in acting.”

“I'm really old-fashioned. An Epsom salt bath, that's genuinely better than any massage.”

“My dad took me for an audition once, to show me, 'OK, you want to be a child actor, this is what it's like.' I sang a folk song about donkeys on this West End stage with this big director, and there was a queue of 200 girls all singing 'Memory.' I was terrible. Terrible.”

“I came out of my mum's stomach going, 'I want to be an actor!'”