Madchen Amick

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.