Judi Dench

She may have won an Oscar and 10 Baftas but Dame Judi Dench says she still gets nervous in the spotlight - but hides it from her fellow actors.

She said to the police ‘You can’t take me away as I have got a matinee this afternoon’.” “She doesn’t like it when I paint my nails. “I was so nervous. She added: “A blind woman painting I am. That is what I say to young actors. The veteran actress also told how she continues to paint despite her failing eyesight caused by a degenerative condition.