Quotes by Judi Dench

“I am afraid it is a non-starter. I cannot even use a bicycle pump [let alone a computer].”

“Im going to have a bit of a rest and come face-to-face with it all. I think I must do it, and its time for me to do it now,”

“Sex and the City.”

“Its incredibly moving to hear some of our greatest actors performing Shakespeare.”

“... I just had a quick look up and down, like you would.”

“I dont think about them very much. I think its good luck if you get them. But I hope it wont affect the film if it doesnt get any. The film stands on its own merits.”

“The Lord Chamberlain happened to be a friend of hers.”

“It wasnt notorious and it wasnt sleazy. It was very fashionable to go there in the beginning, and then during the war it got to be a place where the soldiers and sailors and airmen all went.”

“They wouldnt talk about that, when we met the girls who are still alive. They wouldnt engage into whether or not there was ever an affair between them. They said they were very close.”

“I am so thrilled to be nominated for something I loved working on every single day.”

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.

In the theatre you can change things ever so slightly; its an organic thing. Whereas in film you only have that chance on the day, and you have no control over it at all.