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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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" 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

Why

Lucky

Know

" 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. "

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

Judi Dench

Theatre

Contrast

" I wanted to be a set designer when I was young. "

" People seem to have this idea that I've always been very ambitious. Nothing could be further from the truth. "

" Actually, what I miss are people corpsing on stage. "

" 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

Nobody

Her

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

" The theater is the thing I love doing most. "

" Work certainly does help fill a void. "

" Frankly, I never had any intense desire to go to India. I know that sounds a bit strange, but it just never was someplace I had a burning desire to visit. "

Judi Dench

Desire

Strange

" Sometimes nudity is gratuitous. We just live in a society where everything goes. "

" I need to learn every day. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Anything that we can do to improve the lives of elderly people is welcome so far as I am concerned. "

" 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. "

" It is not good to cross the bridge before you get to it. "

" It's incredibly moving to hear some of our greatest actors performing Shakespeare. "

" 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. "

" 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

Director

Know

" 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

Long

I Can

" I'd rather do a part because I want to, not because great things are expected of me. "

Judi Dench

Things

Want

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" It actually was a complete departure having a woman playing M. I didn't realize at the time that it would be so noticed. "