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" Because, you know, I can't work a bicycle pump. "
Judi Dench
Because
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Work
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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 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. "
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" I have no control over a film. I don't know what will be left on the cutting floor. "
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" Actually, what I miss are people corpsing on stage. "
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" I can't read scripts any more because of the trouble with my eyes. "
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" 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. "
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Friends
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" It is not good to cross the bridge before you get to it. "
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Good
" 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. "
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" It actually was a complete departure having a woman playing M. I didn't realize at the time that it would be so noticed. "
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" I am so thrilled to be nominated for something I loved working on every single day. "
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" I trained as a designer, so I'm always terribly keen about what I'm going to look like. "
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" People seem to have this idea that I've always been very ambitious. Nothing could be further from the truth. "
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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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