Book excerpt: "Is It Too Late to Make a Run For It?" by Judi Dench with Brendan O'Hea
Summary
Judi Dench discusses how she chooses acting roles in an excerpt from her new book, co-written with Brendan O’Hea. She says she often relied on her late husband, Michael Williams, to assess scripts and prefers hearing a director tell a story so she can picture it as an audience member.Key Facts
- Dench’s new book, “Is It Too Late to Make a Run For It?,” is published by St. Martin’s Press.
- The book collects conversations between Dench and fellow actor Brendan O’Hea about her career and life.
- Dench says she still worries about not working or being asked to act again.
- When Michael Williams was alive, he read scripts sent to Dench, and she trusted his judgment.
- Dench says she prefers directors to tell her a story rather than read a script herself.
- Dench describes accepting “Mrs. Brown” partly because filming in Scotland appealed to her.
- Dench says an actor’s first response to a script matters because rehearsals can make it harder to see the story as a whole.
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