You'll See Dame Judi Dench

Often For Me, If I Hear A Song I Know, It Clicks For Me And I Hear It In A Different Way And I Think, "i Could Sing That Song. I've Got Something To Say About That Song. Wanting To Connect With An Audience And Wanting Them To Rethink Songs; It Is Actually Important To Do Songs They're Familiar With. Also, I Love Those Songs. In A Way, I Think I've Changed People's Perceptions Of What A Cabaret Show Like This Could Be.

I'd Been Depressed Before, Of Course. But I'm Talking About Really Depressed. Not Just Feeling A Bit Down Or Sad, A Depression That Has Something To Do With Biorhythms. I'm Talking About The Kind Of Depressed That Floats In Upon You Like A Fog. You Can Feel It Coming And You Can See Where It Is Going To Take You But You Are Powerless, Utterly Powerless To Stop It. I Know Now.

You'll See Dame Judi Dench In A Bond Film, In Shakespeare And Then Starring In Her Own Sitcom. You Never See That Here With Meryl Streep.

It Is Not Hard To Feel Like An Outsider. I Think We Have All Felt Like That At One Time Or Another.

I Wouldn't Do My Roles If I Really Hated It. I've Done Things I Hated, But I Didn't Go Into Them Thinking I Would Hate Them. I Want To Have Fun. I Don't Want To Go To Work And Not Enjoy It. So If I'm Swirling Around On Some Wires, Talking To Fred Flintstone, I Make It The Funnest I Can. I Also Want To Be Good At It. I Don't Want To Be A Crap Cartoon Character. I Want To Be Proud I'm A Vitamin!