Amanda Bynes Quotes

I hope it never gets to that point that I'm gonna have people around me that are using me. I'm very good with noticing that.

My parents wouldn't have sent me out into the world with wool over my eyes. You have to be aware, or you'll be swallowed.

I think I've got my business notions and my sense for that sort of thing from my dad. My dad never had a chance to go to school. He couldn't read and write. But he was so smart. He was just one of those people that could just make the most of anything and everything that he had to work with.

The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.

After three major movies, I was like, 'Oh, I guess you're supposed to get a publicist?' Girls that are in the business now that are successful are more savvy.

I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor.

This is the entertainment industry, so game designers have to have a creative mind and also have to be able to stand up against the marketing people at their company - otherwise they cannot be creative. There are not that many people who fit that description.

Don't dress to kill, dress to survive.

Just before my 16th birthday, Natalie Dormer said to me, 'As soon as you turn 16, you're going to work adult hours. People will try take advantage of you, so it's important not to be a pushover.'

If you're soft and fuzzy, like our little characters, you become the skinny kid on the beach, and people in this business don't mind kicking sand in your face.

You can coddle your child and tell them, 'You're the best no matter what.' But in the end, when they go out into the real world, I think it's pretty tough out there and other children are cruel.

I had been gullible, naive, soft, pliable. That's why I got taken advantage of. To survive, you have to have a tough skin.

I've experienced many hardships, but mentally, I've always been older, and that reflects in my actions, too.

Exposure from a young age to the realities of the world is a super-big thing.

I've learned not to look at reviews. Early on, I did. I was always curious.

I think you've got to have your feet planted firmly on the ground, especially in this business, and you must not believe things that are said or written about you, because everything gets out of proportion one way or the other.

You say he's childish, but he's very professional about business transactions.

I'd like to believe an accumulation of experience has made me a sort of a grown-up person, so I can have judgment and taste and whatever.

The older you get the more capable you get at managing life.

I like interacting with fans, and I like hearing what they say, but you have to take it all with a grain of salt.

I don't think it's healthy to buy into hype in any form, whether it's positive or negative. You have to exist in yourself and just move on with life.

I didn't get to be successful by letting people hurt Blackstone or me.

I learned to deal with the police... to be tough... to survive.

It's not an easy course. It's not designed to be. We're not here to get you in touch with your inner child.

I learned quickly in the NBA that you keep one eye open at all times and one ear closed. You can't react to everything you hear or see.