Dame Judi Dench spoke candidly about the challenges of aging and her declining eyesight.
He fall from the sky The student shared emotional details during her extensive interview with the radio times before turning 91 on Tuesday.
The Oscar-winning actress revealed that her battle with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has left her unable to watch television or read scripts without assistance.
She relies on assistants and colleagues to read the lines aloud.
Dench memorizes the lines using his photographic memory.
Your eyes are in the progressive “wet” stage of AMD, making them untreatable.
“It’s a crusher,” Dench said.
“I miss seeing Clive Myrie doing Mastermind, but I can hear the questions,” Dench responded when asked what he had missed.
This 90-year-old man also cannot continue with other activities from the past, such as embroidery, driving or even going out alone.
Despite this, she continues to work because she is determined not to let her condition silence her career.
Another obstacle in his life is short-term memory loss.
He joked that while he can recite Shakespeare’s soliloquies, he often forgets what he has to do tomorrow.
Dench confessed that she feared “losing the plot.”
