AMANDA BYNES 'SHE'S THE MAN' CAUSED SEVERE DEPRESSION ... I Didn't Like Me As A Boy

Bynes starred in "She's The Man" back in 2006, playing a teen girl who dressed like a boy, pretending to be her brother. Amanda sported short hair and sideburns for the role, and the film grabbed a ton of attention.

In a new interview with PAPER -- Amanda's first in a long time -- she reveals the movie left her in a deep depression, saying, "When the movie came out and I saw it ... I didn't like how I looked when I was a boy." She called seeing herself in the role a "super strange and out-of-body experience. It just really put me into a funk."

Pretending to be of the opposite sex is so unnatural that even doing it in a movie can cause severe depression.