It is not good to cross the bridge before you get to it. Judi Dench More Quotes by Judi Dench More Quotes From Judi Dench Anything that we can do to improve the lives of elderly people is welcome so far as I am concerned. Judi Dench welcome elderly people The need for a global structure of control in the form of a world environment court is now more urgent than ever before. Judi Dench global-warming world needs People think you know beforehand when you win an Oscar - I can assure you you don't. Judi Dench winning people thinking The theater is the thing I love doing most. Judi Dench things-i-love theater I have no control over a film. I don't know what will be left on the cutting floor. Judi Dench film cutting knows Sometimes nudity is gratuitous. We just live in a society where everything goes. Judi Dench nudity just-live sometimes 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 energy goes-on long 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. Judi Dench bob radio meals I felt quite a responsibility when I played Elizabeth I but nobody here remembers her! And then I felt a responsibility when I played Queen Victoria but not many people remember her. Judi Dench queens responsibility people The difficulty with any sort of esteem is that more is expected of you. Judi Dench esteem difficulty expected The secret of my success is my mother, who was from Dublin. All my relations are in Dublin or in the west, or as I found out, we went to Rostrevor in Northern Ireland to film and I got out, while they changed cars around, and this man said to me: "You know you have cousins in this town? And they're coming down to see you..." And so they did. I'm sorry we didn't go to a lot more places, so that I could find a lot more cousins. So, that was good. It's entirely because my father was also brought up in Dublin. So, that's my link. Judi Dench cousin mother sorry My husband was actually very keen that I would become a Bond girl. Judi Dench my-husband husband girl 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. Judi Dench cousin husband reading I have a completely new knee. It's brilliant. I am not feeling my age at all. I feel about 43, a willowy blonde 43 years old with long legs. Judi Dench feelings long years I'd rather do a part because I want to, not because great things are expected of me. Judi Dench great-things expected want 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. Judi Dench yorkshire eggs tea 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. Judi Dench be-kind down-and get-better Actually, what I miss are people corpsing on stage. Judi Dench stage missing people 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 ingredients up-to-you directors I need to learn every day. Judi Dench needs
