Judi Dench

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.

In the theatre you can change things ever so slightly; it's an organic thing. Whereas in film you only have that chance on the day, and you have no control over it at all.

In contrast, the control you have in a theatre is very attractive to me.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.

Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.