I'm always fearful. … Fear generates in you a huge energy. You can use it. When I feel that mounting fear, I think, 'Oh, yes, there it is!' It's like petrol. — Judi Dench Copy Share Image
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… — Judi Dench Copy Share Image
Everything, every part that you approach has to be somehow rooted in yourself. You have to somehow root everything so that it's not just… — Judi Dench Copy Share Image
I played Iris Murdoch, who had not long died, and I felt the responsibility very heavy on my shoulders. — Judi Dench Copy Share Image
I am so thrilled to be nominated for something I loved working on every single day. — Judi Dench Copy Share Image
It is true that there are few plays of Shakespeare that I haven't done. — Judi Dench Copy Share Image
Frankly, I never had any intense desire to go to India. I know that sounds a bit strange, but it just never was someplace… — Judi Dench Copy Share Image
Most things don't work out as expected, but what happens instead often turns out to be the good stuff. — Judi Dench Copy Share Image
Filming is completely - was totally new to me ... I had a movie career which wasn't supposed to be, so I couldn't be… — Judi Dench Copy Share Image
