Emilia Clarke says Instagram makes her 'miserable'

She explained: "I do not partake of Instagram at all because within 30 seconds I'm miserable… Have I seen a picture of myself at the Emmys? No!

"An algorithm isn't going to keep you warm at night. It's not going to give you your wildest dreams. It's not gonna make you laugh. It's not gonna support you."

Emilia also blamed social media for compounding the pressure on women to look a certain way. 

She sighed: "The expectations of image across the board, like for men and for women, is just completely untenable. You want us to look the same? You want to just be a population of the same face and the same body? Come on, we're human! We're gonna change.

"The difference, I think, is that still we in a society are going to criticise women faster than we will criticise men." 

As for whether she's going to struggle landing roles when she's an ageing actress, Emilia admitted it "keeps me up at night". 

She said: "I try and work out how not to place my sense of worth on other people's sense of expectations or views. And it's really hard to do it. 

"The key to complete misery is comparison. I'm not saying I don't do it, but I try and catch myself, and I try (to) find strength in who I am."

However, Emilia also admitted: "I'm unhealthily obsessed with what is to come."

The 39-year-old actress can next be seen making her National Theatre debut in Sir David Hare's landmark play called Plenty.

And she said that she's become much more considered about the gigs she takes on.

She mused: "I think the first 10 years of my career, Game of Thrones aside, was just an exercise in me saying yes because I didn't know I could say no. 

"Since then, I've become much more considered about my choices and about who it is that I'm working with. Because I want to want to go to work, and in my mind, the only way to do that is to work with people that you feel good about working with. 

"Then if the job isn't successful, (at least) you had a good time."