I started this job
when I was 22,
and I am not 22 anymore.
 The journey that I've been on
 with Daenerys,
it's sharpened me as an actor,
 and because of the heights
 that she goes to,
it's forced me to find them
within myself.
And so, anytime anything good
or bad happens,
you put it into her.
So, Daenerys is a tapestry
of my entire adult life.
Within each major scene
of Daenerys
is every major scene of my life.
(DRAGON SHRIEKS)
(ROARING)
(SHRIEKING)
♪ (MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
EMILIA CLARKE: (LAUGHING) Yeah,
I remember my first day on set.
Oh my god, I fell off
a fucking horse. (LAUGHS)
 Jesus, this is my first job.
This is like the first thing
I ever did,
and they stuck me on a horse.
(SIGHS)
 In a bamboo field in Belfast,
 and it's raining,
I was falling off the horse
trying to act still.
Wow. A khaleesi... (LAUGHING)
EMILIA:
 And I remember just being--
hanging on for dear--
I mean, literally,
I'm like hanging on like this.
And I'm hanging on for dear life
and I just remember shouting,
"Please stop filiming!"
And I'm like, "Okay,
everything's gonna be fine."
Turn around like, "Oh my god,"
there's like the whole crew,
and I just cried. So, that was
my first day on Game of Thrones.
That was it. That was--
"Hey, mom, I had
a really good day." (LAUGHS)
I had more spine-tingly,
goosebump, joyful,
punch the air, yay days
 on this show than anything
 in my life.
That's the thing about Dany.
Every season, she gets better.
Every season,
there's something else
bigger than the last season
and better than the last season.
(DRAGON SHRIEKS)
(SPEAKING VALYRIAN)
Season three,
getting The Unsullied,
was the first time that I,
Emilia, got to be, like...
bitchin' badass!
(SPEAKING VALYRIAN)
 Dracarys.
EMILIA:
 Uh, it was really cool!
It rubs off on you as an actor
and you just-- you feel it.
 I've had to stand up
 and be Daenerys.
 In all of these moments,
 I've had to stand on that rock
and speak to a lot of people...
in a crazy language.
(SPEAKING DOTHRAKI)
...fuck!
(SPEAKING GIBBERISH)
It's been a challenge,
but you just have to like--
you just have to grow a pair
and do it.
Leaving this show is leaving
a part of me.
The people, they're just--
Can I take Peter?
Can I take Nathalie?
Can I take them all?
How can I rule seven kingdoms
if I can't control Slavers' Bay?
Why should anyone follow me?
You're a Targaryen.
You're the mother of dragons.
There's an ease that I get
with acting with Iain Glen,
'cause he's been my pal
the whole time
that's been my one-- my buddy!
Shambles, darling! Shambles!
Iain is an incredible actor,
and he is an incredible mentor.
He's just helped me as a person
on a really real level.
I'm gonna start to cry.
That's ridiculous.
This is always a safe space.
We can fun, and we take the piss
 out of each other.
 And we can support each other,
and we can laugh
at each other's jokes,
or we can laugh
at each other's bad moods,
or we can-- it's a family.
It's an absolute family.
 There's no ego. There's no--
 we're in it together.
And I'm never gonna get
that again.
CREW: (SINGING)
♪ Happy Birthday, dear Emilia ♪
 ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
(CHEERING)
EMILIA: This show,
Game of Thrones,
has set me free. It's literally
given me my freedom
as a human being,
and as an actor,
and as a woman.
I've been able to play
this incredibly strong woman
when I could have very easily
never thought of the places
I've had to go to with her.
The strength that I've had
to find to play her,
 and then seeing I had
 that strength myself,
and that's a really big deal.
And these guys have taken care
of me so much,
and I don't know
what I'm gonna do.
 I'm really lucky
 I get to have it documented.
Um, and I'll just be
forever grateful to...
everyone who makes
 Game of Thrones
for giving me something
really special.
♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
