Judi Dench

Thankfully, however, the actor also has a photographic memory. ... Judi Dench revealed that her battle with macular degeneration might put a stop to her acting ...

[Cate Blanchett’s](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/02/cate-blanchett-tar-awards-insider?itm_content=footer-recirc&itm_campaign=more-great-stories-020723)Maestro Moment She explained, “I was doing The Winter's Tale with Kenneth Branagh a couple of years ago, playing Paulina, and after we had been running for three weeks or so at the Garrick he said to me—I have a long speech at the end—he said: 'Judi, if you were to say that speech about eight feet to your right, you'd be saying it to me and not to the pros.'” She added, “I rely on people to tell me!" So I have to learn through repetition, and I just hope that people won't notice too much if all the lines are completely hopeless!” And while she has yet to find a machine to tell her where the lines appear on the page, she does have plenty of thespian friends who are willing to help her out in the meantime. “You find a way of just getting about and getting over the things that you find very difficult,” she said. Dench said that she has had to rely on memorizing her scripts since she stopped being able to read them herself, per The storied actor made an appearance on The Graham Norton Show that aired on Friday, during which she revealed that her declining vision is creating new professional obstacles.

“It has become impossible and because I have a photographic memory, I need to find a machine that not only teaches me my lines but also tells me where they ...

“I used to find it very easy to learn lines and remember them. In a new interview on “The Graham Norton Show” (via [People magazine](https://people.com/movies/judi-dench-says-its-become-impossible-to-act-amid-eyesight-loss/)), Dench said it’s now become “impossible” to learn lines because of her eyesight loss. “It has become impossible and because I have a photographic memory, I need to find a machine that not only teaches me my lines but also tells me where they appear on the page,” Dench said.

Dame Judi Dench is struggling to overcome deteriorating eyesight, she told Graham Norton.

“I’ve had to find another way of learning lines and things, which is having great friends of mine repeat them to me over and over and over again… “I used to find it very easy to learn lines and remember them. “It has become impossible and because I have a photographic memory, I need to find a machine that not only teaches me my lines, but also tells me where they appear on the page,” Dench said.

The 88-year-old Oscar-winning actress, who has spoken about her macular degeneration before, says now it's making it “impossible” to continue acting. “It's ...

She’s also been promoting her new movie “Allelujah,” which is based on a 2018 play by Alan Bennett, set in a geriatric ward. “I used to find it very easy to learn lines and remember them. I could do the whole of ‘Twelfth Night’ right now.”