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

I love being part of a company, and telling a story.
Judi Dench

The theater is the thing I love doing most.
Judi Dench

It is not good to cross the bridge before you get to it.
Judi Dench

The more I do, the more frightened I get. But that is essential. Otherwise why would I go on doing it?
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

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

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