121 Quotes by Judi Dench

My husband was actually very keen that I would become a Bond girl.

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.

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.

The more I do, the more frightened I get. But that is essential. Otherwise why would I go on doing it?

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

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

I don't think about them very much. I think it's good luck if you get them. But I hope it won't affect the film if it doesn't get any. The film stands on its own merits.

I think that there are more films being made with more, you know ... American-English (collaboration) ... It's a pity there's that not that interchange, we can do it so easily,

The thing about not reading scripts and my wanting a director to tell me a story is a risk I need to take. I need that real fear.