A biography for Judi Denchhasn’t been written yet.
“There are very few things that surprise me.”
“I need to learn every day.”
“I can't read scripts any more because of the trouble with my eyes.”
“I've always loved painting, although I never show anyone what I've done. Mainly because I don't do it well. But it's like a form of visual diary for me. A way of fixing things in my mind.”
“People seem to have this idea that I've always been very ambitious. Nothing could be further from the truth.”
“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.”
“It actually was a complete departure having a woman playing M. I didn't realize at the time that it would be so noticed.”
“The theater is the thing I love doing most.”
“I would hate people to think bossy is all I can do.”
“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.”
“I don't think that care homes are all rotten old places that ought to be shut down.”
“Because, you know, I can't work a bicycle pump.”
“I trained as a designer, so I'm always terribly keen about what I'm going to look like.”
“The Lord Chamberlin was censoring scripts when I first came into the theater.”