Judi Dench, interviewed in The Guardian today by Michael Billington, on the nature of acting:
I think you use your own emotions and push them to the outer limit. At the same time, acting is about the exploration of character rather than simply a projection of self. I was in New York with Maggie Smith recently, promoting a film, and we were asked about the Sanford Meisner Method school of acting which is based on ruthless self-exploration. Maggie, in her unique way, said, ‘Oh, we have that in England, too. We call it wanking.’
For all the hubbub created by the Guardian's new size and look, nothing really changes: the photo on page 24, G2, of Dame Judi is captioned "Majestic... as Queen Victoria in Shakespeare in Love"!