Judi Dench Quotes

I've always loved painting, although I never show anyone what I've done. Mainly because I don't do it well. But it's like a form of visual diary for me. A way of fixing things in my mind.
Judi Dench

Mind, Done, Show

I've figured out what to do so far, but it's always the next thing you come to where the man with the bucket of ice cold water is waiting - whoosh! in your face. That's why you work with directors who know what to tell you to do.
Judi Dench

Work, Waiting, Why

I've got what my ma had, macular degeneration, which you get when you get old.
Judi Dench

In contrast, the control you have in a theatre is very attractive to me.
Judi Dench

Control, Theatre, Attractive

In the theatre you can change things ever so slightly; it's an organic thing. Whereas in film you only have that chance on the day, and you have no control over it at all.
Judi Dench

Change, Control, Chance

It actually was a complete departure having a woman playing M. I didn't realize at the time that it would be so noticed.
Judi Dench

Time, Woman, Playing

It is not good to cross the bridge before you get to it.
Judi Dench

Good, Before, Bridge

It is true that there are few plays of Shakespeare that I haven't done.
Judi Dench

True, Done, Few

It was good to learn so early. They're not going to be kind to you. You have to do it and get on, and then gulp down and get better.
Judi Dench

Good, Down, Learn

It's incredibly moving to hear some of our greatest actors performing Shakespeare.
Judi Dench

Moving, Greatest, Hear

Michael died five years ago this January, and the first thing that really struck me about the script was the part about her peeling off from the funeral and just getting into a rowboat and having a real kind of cry where nobody was.
Judi Dench

My husband was actually very keen that I would become a Bond girl.
Judi Dench

Husband, Girl, Become

People seem to have this idea that I've always been very ambitious. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Judi Dench

Truth, Nothing, Idea

People think you know beforehand when you win an Oscar - I can assure you you don't.
Judi Dench

Win, Oscar, Assure

Seriously, though, I think I never ceased to be grateful of the fact that I am able to do a job that I really love - I never got over that.
Judi Dench

Love, Job, Grateful

Since Michael died I think I've worked constantly. Friends and colleagues are very sustaining. They're the people who get you through it... It's no good to be on your own.
Judi Dench

Good, Through, Friends

Some things you know about, you know what the ingredients are - maybe not all of them. But it's up to you to put in the amount. It's up to the director to nag you until you get it right.
Judi Dench

Put, Until, Maybe

Sometimes nudity is gratuitous. We just live in a society where everything goes.
Judi Dench

Society, Live, Everything

The difficulty with any sort of esteem is that more is expected of you.
Judi Dench

Difficulty, Expected, Esteem

The Lord Chamberlin was censoring scripts when I first came into the theater.
Judi Dench

Lord, Theater, Scripts

The theater is the thing I love doing most.
Judi Dench

There are very few things that surprise me.
Judi Dench

Work certainly does help fill a void.
Judi Dench

Work, Help, Fill

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Nationality: English

Born: December 9, 1934

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