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" Sometimes nudity is gratuitous. We just live in a society where everything goes. "
Judi Dench
Everything
Sometimes
Live
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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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" I don't think anybody can be told how to act. I think you can give advice. But you have to find your own way through it. "
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Find
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" I love being part of a company, and telling a story. "
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Telling
Love
" 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. "
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Love
" 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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" It is not good to cross the bridge before you get to it. "
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You
Good
" Actually, what I miss are people corpsing on stage. "
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Stage
Actually
People
" It's incredibly moving to hear some of our greatest actors performing Shakespeare. "
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Hear
Some
Performing
" The Lord Chamberlin was censoring scripts when I first came into the theater. "
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Came
Lord
Scripts
" 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. "
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Done
Always
Loved
" 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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Me
Nobody
Her
" 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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Early
Work
Need
" I'd rather do a part because I want to, not because great things are expected of me. "
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Want
Me
" 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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Work
Face
Know
" It is true that there are few plays of Shakespeare that I haven't done. "
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True
Plays
Shakespeare
" People think you know beforehand when you win an Oscar - I can assure you you don't. "
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Know
Win
People
" I would hate people to think bossy is all I can do. "
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I Can
People
Think
" 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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Change
Theatre
Control
" 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. "
Judi Dench
Love
Running
Work
" 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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You
Be Kind
Better
" The theater is the thing I love doing most. "
Judi Dench
Most
Doing
I Love
" 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 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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Feet
You
Believe
" In contrast, the control you have in a theatre is very attractive to me. "
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Contrast
Me
" 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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Why
" 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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Sometimes
Week
Tea
" Work certainly does help fill a void. "
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Void
Certainly
Does
" 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. "
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Long
Go
I Can
" 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. "
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Go
Desire
Strange
" The difficulty with any sort of esteem is that more is expected of you. "
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You
Sort
Difficulty