Judi Dench quotes - page 2

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

I would hate people to think bossy is all I can do.

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

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There are very few things that surprise me.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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I work out the other bits, too, but I need to know what I look like, very early on. And then it's like a template; I'll fill that person out. If I get that out of the way, then I'm all right.

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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.

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I can't read scripts any more because of the trouble with my eyes. (Judi Dench)

I don't think that care homes are all rotten old places that ought to be shut down.

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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.

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I just feel incredibly lucky to be employed when there are so many actors and actresses who are not employed. That's why, you know, I sometimes feel desperate, in case I'm not going to be cast again.

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I trained as a designer, so I'm always terribly keen about what I'm going to look like.

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