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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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Film Actor
Film Actress
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Stage Actor
Television Actor
Theatrical Director
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I work out the other bits, too, but I need to know what I look like, very early on. And then it's like a template I'll fill that person out. If I get that out of the way, then I'm all right.
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Every experience that you experience yourself you use, because that's our craft.
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Work certainly does help fill a void.
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I've got what my ma had, macular degeneration, which you get when you get old.
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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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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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