Dame Judi Dench can't read or writedue to her advanced macular degeneration, which makes it hard for her to read or write. The Sun says that the 87-year-old actress, who is known for her roles in the Bond movies, will talk openly with BBC's Louis Theroux about her health battle.
Even though she has a bad condition, the Academy Award winner says she won't give up and won't retire any time soon. She did say "it's bad."
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common condition that affects the middle part of the eye and can start to happen to people in their 50s and 60s. It doesn't make you totally blind, but it can make it harder to do things like read and recognize faces.
In February 2012, actress Judi Dench admitted that she had age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a condition that can cause people to lose their sight and even go blind.
Since then, her health has gotten worse. The 87-year-old movie star said on the BBC show Louis Theroux Interviews that she can no longer read or write because her eyesight is getting worse.
The actress who won an Oscar and is known for playing M in the James Bond movies said she didn't want her failing eyesight to stop her from acting. Dench said she was going to teach herself a new way to learn lines by using her photographic memory.
In January, the British actress also talked about how hard it is for her to live on her own at her age. In an interview with Saga magazine, she talked about how she fell on her rug at home in Surrey and spent half an hour on the floor. Since she told people about her illness, Dench has also said that she has trouble recognizing people.
Macular degeneration is the most common cause of vision loss in older people. It causes a loss of central vision that gets worse over time. Most of the time, the first signs show up when a person is between 50 and 60 years old.
Dame Judi Dench has said that she can no longer read or write because her eyesight is getting worse. In the next episode of Louis Theroux's interview series, a woman who is 87 years old sits down with him and talks about her advanced macular degeneration, which can make simple tasks hard.
“„I went to a dinner a few weeks ago, a rather important dinner. It was so dark that I said to my partner David, who was next to me, 'Have I anything on my plate?' He cut it up and handed something to me on a fork and that's the way I ate it. I don't know if I finished it, I don't know what I did. I probably scooped it all up and over the side of the plate for all I know.- Dame Judi Dench
Dench has been acting since the 1950s. She has been in movies like the James Bond series, Shakespeare in Love, Chocolat, and Philomena. Along the way, she has won a lot of awards. Even though her vision is getting worse, she doesn't plan to retire just yet.
“„I don’t want to retire. I'm not doing much at the moment because I can't see. It's bad. But I've got to teach myself a new way of learning. I have a photographic memory so a person saying to me, 'This is your line', I can do that. And I have many people who can help me. I'll teach myself a way, I know I will. So long as I don't trip over doing it.- Dame Judi Dench
Adam Miller from Metro asked Theroux if any of the people he interviewed surprised him or made him think differently about them. Theroux said that Dame Judi Dench did because she was "unwilling to accept sort of a widely acknowledged national treasure status."
“„When I say, 'You’ve been described as a national treasure', she says f**k off in a friendly way. You get the feeling from her that she is someone who never wants to rest on her laurels and actually, every time she goes out to do something of any depth, it’s a kind of a struggle because she's out to prove herself again and along with that is a degree of insecurity about whether she’s good enough which makes her so extraordinary.- Dame Judi Dench
Theroux's interview with Dame Judi Dench will air on BBC 2 or BBC iPlayer on Tuesday, November 1.
Despite Dame Judi Dench's inability to read or write due to extensive macular degeneration. The iconic actress has discussed her health, revealing that she has trouble seeing and has had to learn to adapt. In spite of her illness, the Oscar winner has stated that she has no plans to retire any time soon.