English - Actress | December 9, 1934 -
It is not good to cross the bridge before you get to it.
Judi Dench
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Anything that we can do to improve the lives of elderly people is welcome so far as I am concerned.
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I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself - that is the best combination.
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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.
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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.
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The difficulty with any sort of esteem is that more is expected of you.
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I love being part of a company, and telling a story.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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