Explore 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.

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

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

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

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 was easily able to carry them back. It was like one egg and a tiny bit of tea.

It takes courage to recognize the real as opposed to the convenient.

Actually, what I miss are people corpsing on stage.

I don`t like reading scripts very much. I like it better for someone to just explain to me what it is about this story.

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.

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

The theater is the thing I love doing most.

I think you've got to have your feet planted firmly on the ground, especially in this business, and you must not believe things that are said or written about you, because everything gets out of proportion one way or the other.

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.

The only real failure is the failure to try.

Children have become disengaged from nature and we need to reintroduce them to the pleasure that it brings. If we do that they will care for it. Through the simple act of planting a tree we can open their eyes to nature's beauty.

The need for a global structure of control in the form of a world environment court is now more urgent than ever before.