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...
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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.
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.
hate thinking people
I would hate people to think bossy is all I can do.
people missing stage
Actually, what I miss are people corpsing on stage.
thinking winning people
People think you know beforehand when you win an Oscar - I can assure you you don't.
elderly people welcome
Anything that we can do to improve the lives of elderly people is welcome so far as I am concerned.
ideas people ambitious
People seem to have this idea that I've always been very ambitious. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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The thing about not reading scripts and my wanting a director to tell me a story is a risk I need to take. I need that real fear.
affect good hope luck stands
I don't think about them very much. I think it's good luck if you get them. But I hope it won't affect the film if it doesn't get any. The film stands on its own merits.
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It's incredibly moving to hear some of our greatest actors performing Shakespeare.
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It actually was a complete departure having a woman playing M. I didn't realize at the time that it would be so noticed.
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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.
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Because, you know, I can't work a bicycle pump.
films pity
I think that there are more films being made with more, you know ... American-English (collaboration) ... It's a pity there's that not that interchange, we can do it so easily,