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

Good, Bridge, You, 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, Welcome, People, Improve, Anything

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

Best, Job, Yourself, Think, You, Take

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

Business, Believe, Feet, Think, You, Way

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, Grateful, Job, I Am, Think, Never

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

You, More, Difficulty, Expected, Sort

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

Love, Story, Company, Being, Telling

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

Good, Be Kind, Better, Learn, You, Early

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

Feel, You, Know, Sometimes, Why, Lucky

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

Work, Water, Man, Waiting, Cold, Face

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

January, Me, Nobody, Cry, Kind, First

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

You, Know, Right, Director, Ingredients

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

Love, Doing, Most, Theater, Thing

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

Change, Day, Control, Theatre, Chance

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

Energy, Long, I Can, Go, Want, Retire

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

Mind, Me, Painting, Loved, Done, Way

Work certainly does help fill a void. Judi Dench

Work, Help, Void, Fill, Does, Certainly

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

Girl, Bond, Husband, Become, Would, Very

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, You, Never, Radio, Meal, Wonderful

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

Work, Bicycle, You, 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. Judi Dench

Think, Advice, You, Find, Way, Own

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

Control, Know, Will, Over, Floor, Left

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

Look, Always, Going, Like, Designer

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

Family, Tea, Week, Egg, Back, Sometimes

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

Work, Look, Early, Person, Know, Way

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

Work, Late, Too Late, Would, Like, Jack

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