Judi Dench Doesn't Watch Her Own Movies

Judi Dench refuses to watch her films to avoid smashing the "fantasy" of her self-image as a screen beauty.
   
The British star, 76, has been regularly starring in movies since the early 1960s and has been nominated for six Academy Awards, winning the honour for Best Supporting Actress in 1999 for her role in Shakespeare in Love.
   
But she's confessed she finds it impossible to watch her more recent movies because she hates seeing herself on screen.
   
She tells Scotland's Daily Record newspaper, "If you think you are a tall, willowy blonde of 49 and you see you are not, then it's depressing.

"I would rather stay in a fantasy world. I have never seen A Room With A View, never seen Chocolat, never seen The Shipping News all the way through, never seen The Important of Being Ernest."

And the actress is all set to reprise the role of M in Bond 23 - which will also see Daniel Craig return to the franchise.

Before than she will star in My Week with Marilyn and J. Edgar, which sees her work with Clint Eastwood.