I enjoyed this book in terms of what it had to teach me as an actor & giving me a greater insight into this wonderful actor's technique, but I have to say that at times it turned into way too much of a love fest. Also, one of the reasons it took me so long to read was that I kept putting it down due

I loved this book and have been very remiss with finishing it. I have read so many books in-between so will attempt to write reviews about them. For some reason, I keep interrupting myself with other books which I have been given. Judi writes very well and I can hear her beautiful voice speaking to

I love Dame Judi Dench, have ever since I saw her onstage in London in '93, but I did not love this book. It was more an exhaustive resume and collection of reviews with a few good stories attached. If was often hard to follow who was being quoted and sometimes even what they were exactly talking ab

I found this book on my mother's shelves when we emptied her home; she loved to remind us of her many theatre trips to London and seeing "Dame Judi Dench" on the stage so I felt that by reading it I'd feel closer to my mother. And I did. For theatre lovers and lovers of her in films, this is an in d

The writing itself is pretty weak, particularly in the first half. The author has done an exceptional amount of interviews to assemble her biography; however, in the first half he has a difficult time expressing these stories in a way that makes the meaning clear to the reader. Quotes are unclear or

Hardly a "tell-all" gossip memoir, Miller interweaves Dench's life with stories from the numerous interviews he conducted for this book. Without delving too much into her private life, you very much get a sense of the type of woman Dench is, which perfectly aligns with what one has come to expect. A