Amanda Bynes Quotes

• I’ve worked really hard to get to where I am. Slow and steady wins the race, and I believe in paying your dues.

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• I’ve never wanted to be the hottest star. I always wanted to do good movies.

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• I’ve grown up with kids watching me and as they’re growing up, I’m growing up.

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• 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.

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• I wear Spanx to smooth things out. I read that Jessica Alba wears them and if she wears them, then so should I.

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• 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.

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• I say I never wanna get married. I feel trapped with the idea of marriage. How can you really be with somebody forever? I’d get bored! As I get older, I don’t settle. I’d rather tell somebody ‘This is what I want – take it or leave it.’

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• I never wanted to be a model. I never wanted to be a serious actress. I started off doing comedy. I did a stand-up comedy camp at the Laugh Factory, and I started out on Nickelodeon.

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• I loved “Clueless.” That was one of my favorite movies of all time.

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• I love people who have goals. Somebody who’s passionate about life and does their own thing.

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• I have actor friends, but they’re not famous. I feel like if you’re an actor or – famous, you have to overly prove that you’re a normal, cool person.

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• I get a script and it’s really interesting with scripts, because you never really know. It’s paper and it could be great or awful. Even scripts that are good could end up not working.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• I don’t know if there is someone for everyone. Every person is so different and I don’t think there is an exact match for every person. If you meet someone and they have 20 of the 25 things you want in a person, then you’re pretty lucky.

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• I can’t help but laugh at all of you writing fake stories about me. I was not in any hit and runs. I don’t drink so the DUI is false.

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• 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.

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• Every person is so different and I don’t think there is an exact match for every person. If you meet someone and they have 20 of the 25 things you want in a person, then you’re pretty lucky.

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• Being an actress isn’t as fun as it may seem. If I don’t love something, I stop doing it. I don’t love acting anymore, so I’ve stopped doing it.

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Amanda Bynes (29)

Birth:	3rd April, 1986
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress, Fashion Designer, Singer

About

Amanda Laura Bynes was born and raised in Thousand Oaks, California. She is an American actress. She rose to prominence 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, Bynes said that she is retiring from acting. In 1993, Bynes attended a comedy camp, and began professionally acting at the age of seven, appearing in a television advertisement for Buncha Crunch candies. In December 2013, Bynes enrolled at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles for 2014.

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