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

Judi Dench Quotes

English - Actress Born: December 9, 1934

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

Get, Cross, Before

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

I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself - that is the best combination. Judi Dench

Think, I Think, Take

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

Because, you know, I can't work a bicycle pump. Judi Dench

Work, Bicycle, Know

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

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

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

Sometimes nudity is gratuitous. We just live in a society where everything goes. Judi Dench

Society, Goes, Gratuitous

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

Actually, what I miss are people corpsing on stage. Judi Dench

People, Stage, Actually

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

Think, Bossy, Would

I need to learn every day. Judi Dench

Learn, Every Day, Need

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

The difficulty with any sort of esteem is that more is expected of you. Judi Dench

Difficulty, More, Esteem

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, Intense Desire

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, Given, Before

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, Through, Give

I have no control over a film. I don't know what will be left on the cutting floor. Judi Dench

Will, Left, Over

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, Going, Desperate

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

Love, Telling, I Love

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

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

Always, Keen, Trained

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

Week, Egg, Yorkshire

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

Out, Other, Very

I would like to work with Jack Nicholson, before it's too late. Judi Dench

Late, Too Late, Would

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