Why Amanda Bynes Suddenly Stopped Acting After Easy A

May 2024 ยท 1 minute read

In 2010, Amanda Bynes took to Twitter (via Entertainment Weekly) to share an update about her acting career. She tweeted, "Being an actress isn't as fun as it may seem." She explained her reasoning, writing, "If I don't love something anymore, I stop doing it. I don't love acting anymore, so I've stopped doing it. I know 24 is a young age to retire, but you heard it here first."

Bynes' final acting role was as Marianne in the rom-com "Easy A," which starred Emma Stone. The former Nickelodeon star cringed at herself, leading her to call it quits. In 2018, she told Paper Magazine, "I literally couldn't stand my appearance in that movie and I didn't like my performance. I was absolutely convinced I needed to stop acting after seeing it." Bynes' whole world rocked when she watched herself on screen, and it subsequently changed the course of her career. She explained, "I was high on marijuana when I saw that but for some reason, it really started to affect me. I don't know if it was a drug-induced psychosis or what, but it affected my brain in a different way than it affects other people. It absolutely changed my perception of things."

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