Amanda Bynes
Amanda Bynes
Amanda Laura Bynes is an American former actress. After appearing in commercials and in plays, Bynes rose to prominence as a child star in the late 1990s and early 2000s on the Nickelodeon series All That and The Amanda Show. From 2002 to 2006, she starred in the sitcom What I Like About You on The WB. She has also starred in several films, including What a Girl Wants, She's the Man, Hairspray, Sydney White, and Easy A. In 2012,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth3 April 1986
CityThousand Oaks, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Everybody wants to be liked, fit in and make people laugh. I think we're not that different.
I want to be married and I want to be away from people.
Some people still see me as a kid, but I'm a 23-year-old woman now.
I'm so protected in my Nickelodeon bubble and 'What I Like About You.' It's all pretty much the same people I've worked with and it was pretty protected.
I don't want to be Marilyn Monroe. In many ways, that's a good comparison. Because Marilyn Monroe was a sexpot, all that stuff that I have no interest in. For me, it's much easier to just try to make people laugh than to try to be the hottest thing in the world.
Going to another country you're not in your house, you're with people you've never met before, and I think it's definitely a good growing experience.
I feel like people start to believe things that people say about them and start to think they're really important. If you have a family that is down to earth and cool, I don't see how you can be like that.
So many people comment that I'm much more mature than average. In this business, you can get taken advantage of if you're not aware and you're not tough.
I don't like being compared to anyone or being in a class with someone. I'm a teen actress and therefore I'm competing against Hilary Duff. We're different people like everyone else.
I love making people who already hate me hate me more.
I have no clue [why people say I'm insane]. Every time I've heard it, it came from an ugly person's mouth, so I don't care.
I think that in Hollywood, it's hard because so many people do turn out crazy. I don't need to go out every night to get attention. I'm happy with the amount that I have.
I love people who have goals. Somebody who's passionate about life and does their own thing.
They realize that we're poking fun at the stereotype, ... I've talked with several British people and interviewers, and they all had a really positive take on the movie. I think that they're confident enough in themselves. Everybody seems to be enjoying it.