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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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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... I just had a quick look up and down, like you would.
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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.
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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,
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It's incredibly moving to hear some of our greatest actors performing Shakespeare.
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One of the benefits of being a mature well-educated woman is that you're not afraid of expletives. And you have no fear to put a fool in his place. That's the power of language and experience. You can learn a lot from Shakespeare.
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The more I do, the more frightened I get. But that is essential. Otherwise why would I go on doing it?
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I like to push myself beyond the limit every now and again.
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The need for a global structure of control in the form of a world environment court is now more urgent than ever before.
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Anything that we can do to improve the lives of elderly people is welcome so far as I am concerned.
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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.
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There are very few things that surprise me.
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And then it was working with Bob Hoskins, who I had never worked with before - except radio. It was like being given a wonderful meal - full of the things you love most.
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I was in Yorkshire. We were a family of five and I used to be sent sometimes to get the rations for the week and was easily able to carry them back. It was like one egg and a tiny bit of tea.