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
Because, you know, I can't work a bicycle pump.
Judi Dench
I am so thrilled to be nominated for something I loved working on every single day.
Judi Dench
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
I have no control over a film. I don't know what will be left on the cutting floor.
Judi Dench
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
I love being part of a company, and telling a story.
Judi Dench
I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself - that is the best combination.
Judi Dench
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
I trained as a designer, so I'm always terribly keen about what I'm going to look like.
Judi Dench
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
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
I would like to work with Jack Nicholson, before it's too late.
Judi Dench
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
In contrast, the control you have in a theatre is very attractive to me.
Judi Dench
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
It is not good to cross the bridge before you get to it.
Judi Dench
It is true that there are few plays of Shakespeare that I haven't done.
Judi Dench
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
It's incredibly moving to hear some of our greatest actors performing Shakespeare.
Judi Dench
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