24 is a very young age to hit retirement, but I wish I had the means to do so when I was that age. And that is exactly what Amanda Bynes is doing.
Losing her love for the work she has spent all of her growing years doing, Amanda Bynes has announced her retirement from acting.
Bynes stated that she has lost the passion for movies. “I don’t love acting anymore so I’ve stopped doing it,” she said. “Being an actress isn’t as fun as it may seem. I’ve never written the movies and tv shows I’ve been apart of, I’ve only acted like the characters the producers or directors wanted me to play.”
She added: “If I don’t love something anymore I stop doing it. I know 24 is a young age to retire but you heard it here first: I’ve retired.”
While I can respect that the young actress has every right to step away from a job that she hates, and she has the financial resources to live modestly without working for a long time.
Bynes will next be seen in Easy A, where at least in the trailer she looks very overly made up and plastic. It is her only film in development which has finished filming already. So it seems she wont be taking on new jobs.
Her comment about not writing her roles, which might hint to what she might try next. Or she might just enjoy life for a while.
I have always enjoyed Bynes on screen, and I wonder how this will impact the long proposed Hairspray sequel? I thought her character in that film was the most fun I have ever seen her.
