Quotes from Madchen Amick

Back in the mid '90s, I went to a film festival, and they were airing 'Central Park West' at the same time as this cute little romantic comedy movie called 'French Exit,' and I got to go from one theater where I was goofy, falling over myself, to this kind of evil vixen kind of character.

I know 'Vikings' isn't really based in magic, but it goes back to Old World spirituality and different religions, and a lot of voodoo.

I have played a lot of roles in my career where I'm the sexual interest. I'm always having to fight that.

I wanted to be ballerina, be in a band, then in drama.

I've worked with a lot of really great actors, but it's not very often that you all bond so easily.

Yeah - I wanna be the sister to Khaleesi in 'Game of Thrones.' I wanna be a dragon lady; that would be really fun!

The biggest advice I can give loved ones who are supporting someone navigating a newly diagnosed mental illness is patience, patience, and patience.

Slowly but surely, we have much better female roles to play and to choose from.

In the same way that our school system feels strongly about requiring vaccinations and annual physicals, I feel strongly that it is essential to add a mental health component to that annual physical.

I worry that when educational counselors and teachers call in families with concerns about a child having a learning disability, we aren't always looking at the complete picture.

I am so lucky that throughout my career I've been able to play such different characters.

I am lucky enough to be married to a personal trainer. He's able to whip me into shape pretty quickly.

It's not very often that you get to come up with ideas and bring your take on the character and then actually have writers, producers, and directors pay attention to it.

Sometimes people stay in the same cycle their entire life, but you can still mature within it.

It's amazing that we have lead females on television and a couple of them over 40. Thank you very much. And being beautiful and strong and sexy and everything that you hope for.

It's great to have female characters that have depth that you can explore instead of being the decoration or the girlfriend or the wife.

I have a good relationship with Lifetime.

The whole concept of witches was that women were speaking up for themselves and fighting for their rights. The whole concept of witchcraft came into play to hold down women and women's empowerment.

Usually, witches are the little side character... a bad female character that comes in and leaves.

I really like supernatural stories, but, to me, 'Witches of East End' is really grounded. It's not just going for the magic tricks and keeping it superficial and action-y.

'Witches of East End' is certainly wild, and so are a lot of other shows these days. But 'Twin Peaks' still holds the gold medal for strange. I think we'll hang onto that for all of TV eternity!

I really loved 'Witches of Eastwick', the movie with Michelle Pfeiffer and Jack Nicholson and Cher.

I had the hardest time not crying, the entire time that I was filming.

You just have to enjoy what you're doing. You just never know how people are going to receive it.