Amanda Bynes is sweet and sexy on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine’s January 2010 issue, on newsstands next Tuesday (December 8). Here’s what the 23-year-old actress, who’s come a long way from her Amanda Show days, had to share: On her career: “I’m at that stage where I’m still young and maybe naive, but I’m figuring it out. All I want is to continue - to have a long career. I want to do stuff that I’m passionate about.”

On what she wants in a potential relationship: “I want someone who’ll be there and who I can trust - that’s really important to me.”For more from Amanda, pick up Cosmo next Tuesday or visit Cosmopolitan FYI: Amanda is wearing a Paige Novick “Neptune” silver cuff.