I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself - that is the best combination.
- Judi Dench
Think, I Think, Take, Yourself
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 I was easily able to carry them back. It was like one egg and a tiny bit of tea.
- Judi Dench
Egg, Week, Like, Yorkshire
I would like to work with Jack Nicholson, before it's too late.
- Judi Dench
Late, Too Late, Would, Nicholson
I would hate people to think bossy is all I can do.
- Judi Dench
Hate, Think, Would, Bossy
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.
- Judi Dench
Want, Still, Amount, Intend
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.
- Judi Dench
Lucky, Desperate, Going, Case
I am so thrilled to be nominated for something I loved working on every single day.
- Judi Dench
Single, Something, Am, Every Single Day
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
Woman, Noticed, Having, Departure
The Lord Chamberlin was censoring scripts when I first came into the theater.
- Judi Dench
Theater, Lord, Came, Scripts
I can't read scripts any more because of the trouble with my eyes.
- Judi Dench
Trouble, More, Read, Scripts
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
Part, About, Died, Struck
Because, you know, I can't work a bicycle pump.
- Judi Dench
Work, Bicycle, Know, Pump
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
Over, Over It, Slightly, Whereas
The more I do, the more frightened I get. But that is essential. Otherwise why would I go on doing it?
- Judi Dench
Doing, Otherwise, Would, Frightened
Frankly, I never had any intense desire to go to India. I know that sounds a bit strange, but it just never was someplace I had a burning desire to visit.
- Judi Dench
Desire, Go, Had, Intense Desire
My husband was actually very keen that I would become a Bond girl.
- Judi Dench
Very, Actually, Keen, Bond Girl
I don't think that care homes are all rotten old places that ought to be shut down.
- Judi Dench
Think, Old, Shut, Ought
I'm very conscious that I'm in the minority in that I love what I do. How big is the number of people who are running to work to do a job that they like? And how lucky to be employed at it - how incredibly lucky.
- Judi Dench
Love, Lucky, Very, Minority
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
Some, Maybe, Amount, Ingredients
It is not good to cross the bridge before you get to it.
- Judi Dench
Get, Before, Cross, Bridge
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
Learn, Kind, Going, Early
I have no control over a film. I don't know what will be left on the cutting floor.
- Judi Dench
Will, Over, Left, Floor
People think you know beforehand when you win an Oscar - I can assure you you don't.
- Judi Dench
Think, Know, Oscar, Assure
I've got what my ma had, macular degeneration, which you get when you get old.
- Judi Dench
Old, Which, Ma, Degeneration
It is true that there are few plays of Shakespeare that I haven't done.
- Judi Dench
True, Few, Plays, Shakespeare
It's incredibly moving to hear some of our greatest actors performing Shakespeare.
- Judi Dench
Some, Performing, Incredibly, Shakespeare
Sometimes nudity is gratuitous. We just live in a society where everything goes.
- Judi Dench
Society, Sometimes, Goes, Gratuitous
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.
- Judi Dench
Love, Before, Given, Bob
People seem to have this idea that I've always been very ambitious. Nothing could be further from the truth.
- Judi Dench
Always, Been, Very, Further
Anything that we can do to improve the lives of elderly people is welcome so far as I am concerned.
- Judi Dench
I Am, Concerned, Lives, Welcome
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
Waiting, Next, Directors, Bucket
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.
- Judi Dench
Other, Out, Very, Work Out
There are very few things that surprise me.
- Judi Dench
Surprise, Very, Things, Few Things
Actually, what I miss are people corpsing on stage.
- Judi Dench
People, Stage, Actually, Miss
I trained as a designer, so I'm always terribly keen about what I'm going to look like.
- Judi Dench
Always, Going, Trained, Keen
I love being part of a company, and telling a story.
- Judi Dench
Love, Telling, I Love, Company
The difficulty with any sort of esteem is that more is expected of you.
- Judi Dench
More, Esteem, Expected, Difficulty
I'd rather do a part because I want to, not because great things are expected of me.
- Judi Dench
Want, Rather, Part, Great Things
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, Think, Over, Seriously
Work certainly does help fill a void.
- Judi Dench
Work, Help, Certainly, Void
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.
- Judi Dench
Feet, Other, Firmly, Written
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
Think, Through, Sustaining, Worked
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
Loved, Show, Mainly, Fixing
I wanted to be a set designer when I was young.
- Judi Dench
Young, Set, Wanted, Designer
In contrast, the control you have in a theatre is very attractive to me.
- Judi Dench
Attractive, Contrast, Very, Theatre
The theater is the thing I love doing most.
- Judi Dench
Love, Doing, Most, Theater
I don't think anybody can be told how to act. I think you can give advice. But you have to find your own way through it.
- Judi Dench
Think, Give, Through, Advice
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