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Judi Dench Biography

Dame Judith Olivia Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA (born 9 December 1934) is an English actress. Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years, she performed in several of Shakespeare's plays in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. Although most of her work during this period was in theatre, she also branched into film work and won a BAFTA Award as Most Promising Newcomer. She drew strong reviews for her leading role in the musical Cabaret in 1968.

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Actually, what I miss are people corpsing on stage.

Miss, Missing, People, Stage

I need to learn every day.

Day, Learn, Needs

I'm always fearful. … Fear generates in you a huge energy. You can use it. When I feel that mounting fear, I think, 'Oh, yes, there it is!' It's like petrol.

Energy, Fear, Like, Thinking, Use

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

Beforehand, People, Think, Thinking, Win, Winning

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

Actually, Bond, Girl, Husband, My Husband

Never fall out of love with life

Fall, Falling In Love, Letting Go, Life, Love, Moving On

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

Bossy, Hate, People, Thinking

I can't read scripts any more because of the trouble with my eyes.

Eye, Scripts, Trouble, Read, Eyes

The Lord Chamberlin was censoring scripts when I first came into the theater.

Censoring, Chamberlin, Firsts, Lord, Scripts

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

Attractive, Contrast, Theatre

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

Designer, Like, Look, Looks, Terribly, Trained

I played Iris Murdoch, who had not long died, and I felt the responsibility very heavy on my shoulders.

Died, Iris, Irises, Long, Responsibility

Work certainly does help fill a void.

Doe, Fill, Helping, Void, Work

I once said to someone when I was playing Lady Macbeth and they said: "That's tricky, emotionally, what do you do about murdering your husband's cousin?" And there are, of course, things that aren't in your personal repertoire that you have to somehow understand by reading or watching other things and listening to other people talk about them.

Cousin, Husband, Murdering, Playing, Reading, Said

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

Done, Havens, Play, Plays, True

I don`t like reading scripts very much. I like it better for someone to just explain to me what it is about this story.

Explain, Reading, Scripts, Stories, Story

We know about the issue of children being sold and adopted and taken away but what is so extraordinary is how these two people come through something like - how both of them do, in actual fact. I think that she's one of the most considerable people I've ever met, Philomena.

Away, Children, Know, People, Taken, Thinking

Every experience that you experience yourself you use, because that's our craft.

Experience Yourself, Use, Crafts, Craft, Experience

The need for a global structure of control in the form of a world environment court is now more urgent than ever before.

Court, Environment, Global Warming, Needs, World

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 was easily able to carry them back. It was like one egg and a tiny bit of tea.

Eggs, Family, Five, Tea, Tiny, Yorkshire

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