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.

Good, You, Bridge, Get, Cross, Before

In contrast, the control you have in a theatre is very attractive to me.

Me, You, Theatre, Control, Attractive

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.

Good, Be Kind, You, Down, Better, Learn

Anything that we can do to improve the lives of elderly people is welcome so far as I am concerned.

Welcome, I Am, People, Anything, Far, Am

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.

Business, Believe, Think, You, Feet, Way

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.

Long, I Can, Energy, Want, Go, Because

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

Best, Yourself, Think, You, Job, Your

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.

Me, Nobody, Cry, Real, Kind, Years

I need to learn every day.

Day, Every Day, Learn, Need, Every

My husband was actually very keen that I would become a Bond girl.

Girl, Husband, Bond, Become, Very, Would

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.

India, Know, Strange, Never, Desire, Go

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

Love, Story, Company, Being, Part

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.

Me, Mind, Loved, Painting, Way, Never

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.

Love, You, Never, Things, Radio, Meal

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

Work, You, Bicycle, Know, Because, Pump

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.

Think, You, Advice, Way, Find, Own

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

Control, Know, Will, Left, Film, 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.

You, Feel, Lucky, Sometimes, Know, Why

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

Look, Always, Like, Going, About, Keen

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.

Family, Tea, Sometimes, Back, Egg, Week

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.

Work, Look, Person, Know, Way, Need

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

Work, Late, Too Late, Like, Before, Too

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.

Work, Waiting, Water, Man, Face, You

It actually was a complete departure having a woman playing M. I didn't realize at the time that it would be so noticed.

Woman, Time, Realize, Playing, Departure

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

True, Done, Few, Shakespeare, Plays

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

People, Think, You, Win, I Can, Know

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