Judi Dench
Judi Dench
Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA is an English actress and author. Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years she performed in several of Shakespeare's plays in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. Although most of her work during this period was in theatre, she also branched into film work, and won a BAFTA Award as Most Promising...
experience-yourself use crafts
Every experience that you experience yourself you use, because that's our craft.
daughter children taken
Having a daughter and a grandson, I certainly could relate to the fact that this child, who you simply dote on, being taken away from you at an early age, and every single kind of emotion you would have to go through.
queens responsibility people
I felt quite a responsibility when I played Elizabeth I but nobody here remembers her! And then I felt a responsibility when I played Queen Victoria but not many people remember her.
children taken thinking
We know about the issue of children being sold and adopted and taken away but what is so extraordinary is how these two people come through something like - how both of them do, in actual fact. I think that she's one of the most considerable people I've ever met, Philomena.
void doe helping
Work certainly does help fill a void.
I am so thrilled to be nominated for something I loved working on every single day.
men ice water
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.
firsts scripts lord
The Lord Chamberlin was censoring scripts when I first came into the theater.
long goes-on want
I don't really want to retire. I intend to go on working as long as I can because I still have a huge amount of energy.
home thinking rotten
I don't think that care homes are all rotten old places that ought to be shut down.
needs
I need to learn every day.
moving-on letting-go falling-in-love
Never fall out of love with life
believe thinking feet
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.
years long feelings
I have a completely new knee. It's brilliant. I am not feeling my age at all. I feel about 43, a willowy blonde 43 years old with long legs.