Top 33 Madchen Amick Quotes

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.

‘Twin Peaks’ was incredibly slow, methodic, taking shots that were uncomfortably long, with a lot of scenes where there was barely any dialogue. ‘Riverdale’ has a much faster pace.

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.

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

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

When I was just starting out, I had two choices: I could be the beautiful girl on the main man’s arm as decoration, or I would have to do a little independent movie to get any depth in the female character.

It’s just unfortunate that a network only makes their profit off of live viewership because their hands are tied by advertisers. They may believe in the show and want it to continue, but they just unfortunately can’t afford it.

I knew David Lynch going to television was going to be something. It was either going to not work, nobody was going to get it and it would disappear, or it was going to be something special and really stand out.

I’m representing the single women out there, dating around, trying to find the right guy who respects you and appreciates you. Maybe I’ll settle down somewhere. Gotta keep looking.

My first introduction to television, and really just the business in general, was working with David Lynch, with his incredibly open, creative mind that was not following any rules.

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

Once I had left ‘Twin Peaks’ and started doing other shows and other movies, I kept running into, ‘No, no, we can’t do it this way. This is the way it has to happen.’ I’m like, ‘No. I’ve already done it, and it worked, so I don’t understand what you’re saying.’

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

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.

I have a good relationship with Lifetime.

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

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

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

‘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 think the amazing thing about ‘Twin Peaks’ was that it completely changed television from that point forward. It showed everyone that you can just sit really quiet with storylines and characters. It can be scary, it can be uncomfortable, it can be weirdly funny.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

‘Twin Peaks’ was huge. I mean, it changed television; it was a huge hit, and it only went a season and a half. So that teaches you immediately that you just enjoy it for the time that you do it.

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.

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

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

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

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