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" 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
Done
Always
Loved
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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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" The theater is the thing I love doing most. "
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" It's incredibly moving to hear some of our greatest actors performing Shakespeare. "
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" The more I do, the more frightened I get. But that is essential. Otherwise why would I go on doing it? "
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" The difficulty with any sort of esteem is that more is expected of you. "
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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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" I've got what my ma had, macular degeneration, which you get when you get old. "
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" It is true that there are few plays of Shakespeare that I haven't done. "
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Shakespeare
" Because, you know, I can't work a bicycle pump. "
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You
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" Work certainly does help fill a void. "
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Certainly
Does
" 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. "
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Tea
" I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself - that is the best combination. "
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Job
" People seem to have this idea that I've always been very ambitious. Nothing could be further from the truth. "
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People
Truth
" I love being part of a company, and telling a story. "
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Telling
Love
" In contrast, the control you have in a theatre is very attractive to me. "
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Theatre
Contrast
Me
" 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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Never
Job
Grateful
" I would hate people to think bossy is all I can do. "
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I Can
People
Think
" There are very few things that surprise me. "
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Surprise
Me
Few
" I'm very conscious that I'm in the minority in that I love what I do. How big is the number of people who are running to work to do a job that they like? And how lucky to be employed at it - how incredibly lucky. "
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Love
Running
Work
" I wanted to be a set designer when I was young. "
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Designer
Young
Wanted
" 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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People
Friends
Good
" My husband was actually very keen that I would become a Bond girl. "
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Bond Girl
Girl
Become
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