Amanda Bynes, 24, says she's had it with show biz and it's time to say goodbye.
Via Twitter with the handle @Chicky, she shared: "Being an actress isn't as fun as it may seem. 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."
To be perfectly honest, it's been a few years since we carved out any screen time with Amanda. She started at age 10 on the Nickelodeon show, All That, before launching The Amanda Show. She exited in 2001, and so went the attention of the only kid in the house.
The winner of multiple Kids Choice Awards and a Critics Choice Award for 2007's Hairspray, Bynes is hopefully on the road to her "encore career." Like millions of other Americans (most in their 40s to 60s, some by choice, many not), she has discarded her old career and is ready to follow her dreams. Maybe start a nonprofit? Open a cafe? Go back to school? Here, a little "retirement" advice:
Be ready to start at the bottom. This might be tough for someone who has had her own show, but the fact is you're not always going to be in charge. Then again, perhaps you already know that (via Twitter): "I've never written the movies &tv shows I've been a part of. I've only acted like the characters the producers or directors wanted me to play. Watch Her:
