Dame Judi Dench, 91, reveals she can no longer act on stage or screen, or even read, due to eye disease
Dame Judi Dench, who writes in her new memoir that young dancers were left exhausted and "completely ignored" after each take on the set of *Cats*.
'I can't do a film anymore. I can't read anymore,' the Oscar winner told Emma Barnett on BBC Radio 4's Today programme. Dame Judi Dench has lived with age-related macular degeneration since 2012, and was diagnosed while she was still landing major roles. The condition now stops her recognising faces. She admits she has gone to give a stranger 'an almost hug' by mistake.
On growing old, she was blunt: 'There's nothing to say for it at all.'
She says audio keeps her going: 'The radio has always been important to me.'
Her memoir 'Is It Too Late to Make a Run For It?' is out on 3 November.
