121 Quotes by Judi Dench

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.

I get sillier as I get older, so I don’t know what wisdom means. I can only pass on something that I’ve been acquainted with and let whomever it is pick the bones out of it.

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

I started off as a theatre designer, and by some extraordinary circumstance I saw something in Stratford-upon-Avon, and realized that that’s the kind of design I want, but also that that’s the kind of designer I’ll never be.

I don’t think that care homes are all rotten old places that ought to be shut down.

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

I would like to work with Jack Nicholson, before it’s too late.

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.