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It was good to learn so early. They're not going to be kind to you. You have to do it and get on, and then gulp down and get better.
Judi Dench
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Judi Dench
Age: 89
Born: 1934
Born: December 9
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I'd rather do a part because I want to, not because great things are expected of me.
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Don't think I am going to let Bob Hoskins take all his clothes off and me not take a look? I just had a quick look up and down, like you would.
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The more I do, the more frightened I get. But that is essential. Otherwise why would I go on doing it?
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The only real failure is the failure to try.
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Anything that we can do to improve the lives of elderly people is welcome so far as I am concerned.
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Sometimes nudity is gratuitous. We just live in a society where everything goes.
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