121 Quotes by Judi Dench

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 like to push myself beyond the limit every now and again.

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

There's nothing good about being my age.

The only real failure is the failure to try.

We get up in the morning. We do our best. Nothing else matters.

One of the benefits of being a mature well-educated woman is that you're not afraid of expletives. And you have no fear to put a fool in his place. That's the power of language and experience. You can learn a lot from Shakespeare.

Most things don't work out as expected, but what happens instead often turns out to be the good stuff.

I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself – that is the best combination.