Madchen Amick Quotes

American - Actress December 12, 1970

I do love that witches haven't really been explored that much. Usually, witches are the little side character... a bad female character that comes in and leaves.

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

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I think the amazing thing about 'Twin Peaks' was that it completely changed television from that point forward.

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It is possible and very common to overcome and manage a mental illness.

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When I first got to L.A., I thought every person in a limo was a star.

Person First Thought Got Every Star

I thought Beverly Hills was a gated community. I always drove around Beverly Hills because I thought that there's a guard that was going to stop me.

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

Band Drama Ballerina Then Wanted

I've paid my dues. It wasn't overnight success. I went to tons of casting calls and auditions... But I've got to give luck some credit.

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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.

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

Character Bad Side Little Female Character Leaves Witches Female

For the most part, it's a very male-dominated business. Most executives are male, so it's always sort of their vision of stuff. I'm constantly fighting against that, even when I play the wife or the girlfriend or the best friend. I always try my hardest to bring as much layering in and not make things stereotypical, but it's hard.

It's odd to grow up in a gaming town because... we know all of the tricks that are going on behind the scenes.

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

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People just don't sit down and watch shows live anymore. They DVR it. They stream it; they watch it on Netflix or iTunes.

People Netflix Live Down iTunes Stream Anymore Just Shows Sit Watch

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

That was the beauty of 'Twin Peaks.' The young people had just as deep of storylines as the older generation in town.

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I have a good relationship with Lifetime.

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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.

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The most common thing over the years is, 'What's it like to work with David Lynch?' That's absolutely the fascination, whether it's people that are in the industry or it's just diehard fans. Because he's our modern-day master. We're lucky enough to be alive at the time that an absolute master and genius is working.

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