Dame Judi: ‘I’ll never retire’

Dame Judi Dench has vowed never to retire from acting, saying her career on stage and screen is “like everlasting school”.

The Oscar winner said she enjoyed the “whole discipline of learning”.

She said: “It’s a learning curve all of the time. I think that’s very, very good for you and very important; it’s like everlasting school, in a way.”

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Dame Judi said she hated being called “a national treasure”, adding: “A national treasure is something that never changes and is sitting there behind glass.”

She won an Oscar for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare In Love.

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