Because of my hair, I rarely, rarely get recognized, but I was in America couple of weeks ago, and I was in a lift in a department store and the doors opened and this woman stood there, looked at me and just went, “Khaleesi!” and then the doors closed! So that was bizarre and rarely happens but when it does it’s normally on that kind of crazy scale.
Emilia Clarke at the ”PUNK: Chaos To Couture” Costume Institute Gala (05.06.13)
Emilia Clarke - New Portraits on backstage of Breakfast at Tiffany’s!
“ I feel happiest when I’m acting. Does that sound lame? There are times when you’re on a horse on a hill in Belfast in freezing cold weather thinking, what am I doing? But I love it.”
There’s a hint of Golightly bubbling up in her. She has a vampy tendency to refer to things as “fabulous” and people as “dahhhling.” Upon appraising a selection of challenging shoes for our photo shoot that day, she remarks blithely, “Me and heels are very good friends.” Later, she adds, “I’m always the person that’s just slightly overdressed,” before breaking into laughter. “Hopefully in a good way!” — Emilia Clarke for OUT Magazine
All of the press and stuff - that’s the scary stuff. The acting is what I got trained to do.
