Dame Judi Dench: Eyesight Issues Force Acting Career Pause?

Dame Judi Dench Eyesight Issues Force Acting Career Pause

While the winner of the Oscar was at the Chelsea Flower Show in London, an outlet asked her about her next projects.

The 89-year-old Dench retorted, "No, no. I am so blind!” according to Deadline.

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The Belfast star has macular degeneration, a condition that results in an abrupt and permanent loss of central sight, according to the Mayo Clinic. It is the primary root cause of visual impairment in adults over 50.

After speculation regarding her vision surfaced in 2012, Dench initially revealed her diagnosis.

Over the course of her amazing 65-year career, Dench has become well-known for her roles in both theater and film. She started off in

Dame Judi Dench Eyesight Issues Force Acting Career Pause

Dench's remarkable 65-year career as a well-known figure in theater and film began with her 1957 debut. She most recently acted in the Christmas comedy "Spirited" from 2022.

In 2021, Dench talked on how she adjusts to her deteriorating vision while reading scripts at a London event for the Vision Foundation.

"You find a way to manage and overcome the challenges," Dench shared. "I've had to develop a new method for memorizing lines, which involves friends repeatedly reciting them to me."

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She added, "I rely on repetition and hope that any mistakes go unnoticed!"

On The Graham Norton Show in February 2023, Dench revealed that her deteriorating vision complicates her ability to memorize lines, despite her once photographic memory.

“I need a device that not only helps me learn my lines but also shows me their placement on the page," said the star of Philomena. "I used to memorize lines effortlessly. I could recite the entire 'Twelfth Night' even now."

Dame Judi Dench Eyesight Issues Force Acting Career Pause

While she currently has no film projects lined up, Dench recently co-authored a memoir with Brendan O’Hea titled "Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays The Rent," which was released last month.

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“Shakespeare is my passion,” she explained. “It used to cost nine pence to sit in the gallery at the Old Vic and watch legends like Richard Burton and John Neville. This was before the Beatles era, and the audience would go wild. I never imagined that I would one day be a part of that world.”

The Quran - Chapter An-Najm : 32

those who avoid major sins and shameful deeds, despite ˹stumbling on˺ minor sins. Surely your Lord is infinite in forgiveness. He knew well what would become of you as He created you from the earth and while you were ˹still˺ fetuses in the wombs of your mothers. So do not ˹falsely˺ elevate yourselves. He knows best who is ˹truly˺ righteous.

Allah Forgives the Small Faults, Al-Lamam

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الَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَائِرَ‌ الْإِثْمِ وَالْفَوَاحِشَ إِلَّا اللَّمَمَ (those who abstain from the major sins and from shameful acts, except minor involvements....53:32)

The preceding verse praises those who follow the right guidance of Allah and do good deeds.

In the present verse, it is stated that the good-doers are those who avoid major sins and, especially immoral sins and shameful deeds.

There is one exception made by the expression lamam [ which will be elaborated upon later ].

It means that they sometimes do commit minor sins [ lamam ] but that does not exclude them from the category of being muhsinin [ good-doers ].